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8 U.S.C. § 1351 — Nonimmigrant visa fees
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The fees for the furnishing and verification of applications for visas by nonimmigrants of each foreign country and for the issuance of visas to nonimmigrants of each foreign country shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State, if practicable, in amounts corresponding to the total of all visa, entry, residence, or other similar fees, taxes, or charges assessed or levied against nationals of the United States by the foreign countries of which such nonimmigrants are nationals or stateless residents: Provided, That nonimmigrant visas issued to aliens coming to the United States in transit to and from the headquarters district of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Headquarters Agreement shall be gratis. Subject to such criteria as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including the duration of stay of the alien and the financial burden upon the charitable organization, the Secretary of State shall waive or reduce the fee for application and issuance of a nonimmigrant visa for any alien coming to the United States primarily for, or in activities related to, a charitable purpose involving health or nursing care, the provision of food or housing, job training, or any other similar direct service or assistance to poor or otherwise needy individuals in the United States.
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The fees for the furnishing and verification of applications for visas by nonimmigrants of each foreign country and for the issuance of visas to nonimmigrants of each foreign country shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State, if practicable, in amounts corresponding to the total of all visa, entry, residence, or other similar fees, taxes, or charges assessed or levied against nationals of the United States by the foreign countries of which such nonimmigrants are nationals or stateless residents: Provided, That nonimmigrant visas issued to aliens coming to the United States in transit to and from the headquarters district of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Headquarters Agreement shall be gratis. Subject to such criteria as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including the duration of stay of the alien and the financial burden upon the charitable organization, the Secretary of State shall waive or reduce the fee for application and issuance of a nonimmigrant visa for any alien coming to the United States primarily for, or in activities related to, a charitable purpose involving health or nursing care, the provision of food or housing, job training, or any other similar direct service or assistance to poor or otherwise needy individuals in the United States.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(a) In general** Unless the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate are notified fifteen days in advance of the proposed reprograming, funds appropriated for the Department of State shall not be available for obligation or expenditure through any reprograming of funds—
(1) which creates new programs;
(2) which eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) which increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;
(4) which relocates an office or employees;
(5) which reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;
(6) which involves contracting out functions which had been performed by Federal employees; or
(7) which involves a reprograming in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 per centum, whichever is less, and which (A) augments existing programs, projects, or activities, (B) reduces by 10 per centum or more the funding for any existing program, project, activity, or personnel approved by the Congress, or (C) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects approved by the Congress.
**(b) Final 15 days in which funds available** Funds appropriated for the Department of State may not be available for obligation or expenditure through any reprogramming described in subsection (a) during the period which is the last 15 days in which such funds are available unless notice of such reprogramming is made before such period.
**(c) Waiver** The Secretary of State may waive the notification requirement of subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that fa
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**(a)** The United States Governor is authorized to agree on behalf of the United States to pay to the Association $2,400,000,000 as the United States contribution to the fifth replenishment of the Resources of the Association: Provided, however, That any commitment to make such contributions shall be made subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
**(b)** In order to pay for the United States contribution provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $2,400,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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**(a) Petitioning procedure**
(1)
(A)
(i) Except as provided in clause (viii), any citizen of the United States claiming that an alien is entitled to classification by reason of a relationship described in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of [section 1153(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/a&num=0&edition=prelim) or to an immediate relative status under [section 1151(b)(2)(A)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1151/b/2/A/i&num=0&edition=prelim) may file a petition with the Attorney General for such classification.
(ii) An alien spouse described in the second sentence of [section 1151(b)(2)(A)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1151/b/2/A/i&num=0&edition=prelim) also may file a petition with the Attorney General under this subparagraph for classification of the alien (and the alien’s children) under such section.
(iii)
(I) An alien who is described in subclause (II) may file a petition with the Attorney General under this clause for classification of the alien (and any child of the alien) if the alien demonstrates to the Attorney General that—
(aa) the marriage or the intent to marry the United States citizen was entered into in good faith by the alien; and
(bb) during the marriage or relationship intended by the alien to be legally a marriage, the alien or a child of the alien has been battered or has been the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien’s spouse or intended spouse.
(II) For purposes of subclause (I), an alien described in this subclause is an alien—
(aa)
(AA) who is the spouse of a citizen of the United St
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**(a) In general** Exclusive of aliens described in subsection (b), aliens born in a foreign state or dependent area who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence are limited to—
(1) family-sponsored immigrants described in [section 1153(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/a&num=0&edition=prelim) (or who are admitted under [section 1181(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/a&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to their accompanying parent under [section 1153(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year the number specified in subsection (c) for that year, and not to exceed in any of the first 3 quarters of any fiscal year 27 percent of the worldwide level under such subsection for all of such fiscal year;
(2) employment-based immigrants described in [section 1153(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (or who are admitted under [section 1181(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/a&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to their accompanying parent under [section 1153(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year the number specified in subsection (d) for that year, and not to exceed in any of the first 3 quarte
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, act June 4, 1920, ch. 223, § 2, 41 Stat. 750, provided for fees of $1 for each application for a visa and $9 for each visa. It was superseded by sections 2(h) and 7(h) of the Immigration Act of 1924 (act May 26, 1924, ch. 190, 43 Stat. 154, 157) which provided for fees in the same amounts. The 1924 Act was repealed by section 403(a)(23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 279). See [section 1351 of Title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim), Aliens and Nationality, and [section 9701 of Title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9701&num=0&edition=prelim), Money and Finance.
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**(a) Economic Regulation.—** In carrying out subpart II of this part and those provisions of subpart IV applicable in carrying out subpart II, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the following matters, among others, as being in the public interest and consistent with public convenience and necessity:
(1) assigning and maintaining safety as the highest priority in air commerce.
(2) before authorizing new air transportation services, evaluating the safety implications of those services.
(3) preventing deterioration in established safety procedures, recognizing the clear intent, encouragement, and dedication of Congress to further the highest degree of safety in air transportation and air commerce, and to maintain the safety vigilance that has evolved in air transportation and air commerce and has come to be expected by the traveling and shipping public.
(4) the availability of a variety of adequate, economic, efficient, and low-priced services without unreasonable discrimination or unfair or deceptive practices.
(5) coordinating transportation by, and improving relations among, air carriers, and encouraging fair wages and working conditions.
(6) placing maximum reliance on competitive market forces and on actual and potential competition—
(A) to provide the needed air transportation system; and
(B) to encourage efficient and well-managed air carriers to earn adequate profits and attract capital, considering any material differences between interstate air transportation and foreign air transportation.
(7) developing and maintaining a sound regulatory system that is responsive to the needs of the public and in which decisions are reached promptly to make it easier to adapt the air transportation system to the present and future needs of—
(A) the
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### Statutory Notes
Section 132, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 2, 39 Stat. 875, related to head tax. See [section 1351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 133, act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 1, 35 Stat. 982, related to covering of moneys into Treasury. See [section 1356(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1356/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 134, act Feb. 3, 1905, ch. 297, § 1, 33 Stat. 684, authorized refunds of head taxes erroneously collected under act Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1012, § 1, 32 Stat. 1213. Said act Mar. 3, 1903 was repealed by acts Feb. 20, 1907, ch. 1134, § 43, 34 Stat. 911; Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 38, 39 Stat. 897.
Section 135, R.S. § 2164, related to State tax or charge on immigrants.
Section 136, acts Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 3, 39 Stat. 875; June 5, 1920, ch. 243, 41 Stat. 981; Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 690, § 1(d), 45 Stat. 1551; Sept. 27, 1944, ch. 418, § 2, 58 Stat. 746, related to exclusion of aliens. See sections 1102, 1154, and 1182 of this title.
Section 137, acts Oct. 16, 1918, ch. 186, § 1, 40 Stat. 1012; June 5, 1920, ch. 251, 41 Stat. 1008; June 28, 1940, ch. 439, title II, § 23(a), 54 Stat. 673; May 25, 1948, ch. 338, 62 Stat. 268; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 22, 64 Stat. 1006, related to exclusion of subversive aliens. See sections 1101 and 1182 of this title.
Section 137–1, acts Oct. 16, 1918, ch. 186, § 2, 40 Stat. 1012; June 28, 1940, ch. 439, title II, § 23(b), 54 Stat. 673; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 22, 64 Stat. 1006, related to exceptions as to certain aliens seeking temporary entrance. See [section 1182(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-
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**(a) Detention, transportation, hospitalization, and all other expenses of detained aliens; expenses of landing stations** All moneys paid into the Treasury to reimburse the Service for detention, transportation, hospitalization, and all other expenses of detained aliens paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of this chapter, and all moneys paid into the Treasury to reimburse the Service for expenses of landing stations referred to in [section 1223(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1223/b&num=0&edition=prelim) paid by the Service from the appropriation for the enforcement of this chapter, shall be credited to the appropriation for the enforcement of this chapter for the fiscal year in which the expenses were incurred.
**(b) Purchase of evidence** Moneys expended from appropriations for the Service for the purchase of evidence and subsequently recovered shall be reimbursed to the current appropriation for the Service.
**(c) Fees and administrative fines and penalties; exception** Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) and subsection (b), or in any other provision of this subchapter, all moneys received in payment of fees and administrative fines and penalties under this subchapter shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, however, That all fees received from applicants residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in Guam, required to be paid under [section 1351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be paid over to the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and to the Treasury of Guam, respectively.
**(d) Schedule of fees** In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the
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**(a) Omitted**
**(b) Fee amount** The machine-readable visa fee charged by the Department of State shall be the higher of $65 or the cost of the machine-readable visa service, as determined by the Secretary of State after conducting a study of the cost of such service.
**(c) Surcharge** The Department of State is authorized to charge a surcharge of $10, in addition to the machine-readable visa fee, for issuing a machine-readable visa in a nonmachine-readable passport.
**(d) Availability of collected fees** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected as fees described in this section shall be deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account to recover costs of providing consular services. Amounts so credited shall be available, until expended, for the same purposes as the appropriation to which credited.
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