New Consular Fees for US Embassy

The following is a partial list of services and the fee changes:

-The application processing fee for adult passport applications will change from $55 (1,952 baht) to $70 (2,240 baht).

-The passport book security surcharge will change from $20 (640 baht) to $40 (1,280 baht).

-The application fee for passport cards will increase, from $20 (640 baht) to $30 (960 baht) for adults and from $10 (320 baht) to $15 (480 baht) for minors.

-A new fee of $82 (2,624 baht) for additional passport pages will be imposed.

-The fee for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad will change from $65 (2,080 baht) to $100 (3,200 baht).

-Notarial and authentication services, which now range from $20(640 baht) to $30 (960 baht), will all be $50 (1,600 baht).

-The immigrant visa (IV) application fee - which must be collected from all IV applicants who are not fee-exempt - will now be tiered.  The new fees will be $330 (10,560 baht) for immediate relative and family preference cases (processed on the basis of an I-130, I-600 or I-800 petition), $720 (23,040 baht) for employment-based cases (processed on the basis of an I-140 petition), and $305 (9,760 baht)  for other cases (special IVs, Diversity Visas (DVs), self-petitioned cases, and all other IVs).

-The IV security surcharge - which must be collected from all IV applicants who are not fee-exempt - will increase from $45 (1,440 baht) to $74 (2,368 baht).

-The DV fee (which is charged in addition to the application processing fee and security surcharge) will change from $375 (12,000 baht) to $440 (14,080 baht).

For more information visit the US Embassy website at www.bangkok.usembassy.gov.