Starting on Thursday, Nigerians hoping to apply for a U.S. visa will have to pay an additional fee.
President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed a visa issuance fee for every approved nonimmigrant visa application submitted by Nigerians, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria Tuesday, August 27.
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The issuance fee, also known as a reciprocity fee, will be required to be paid on top of the existing nonimmigrant visa application fee, or MRV fee, which all applicants pay at the time of registration. Both reciprocity and MRV fees are non-refundable, the news release states. As for the rates at which reciprocity fees start, they range from $80 to $303 depending on the class. Nigerian visa applicants already pay between $160 and $265 for U.S. visitor visas, according to the U.S. Embassy.
The new requirement goes into effect worldwide on August 29.
Source: Trump Administration to Impose Additional Fees for Nigerian Visa Applicants
