The increase in the cost of a visa for both tourists and students wishing to study in the United States will take effect on May 30.
Each non-petition-based NIV, such as student and exchange visitor visas, will cost $185, as well as visas for business or tourism (B1/B2). Additionally, as opposed to $190, certain petition-based non-immigrant visas for temporary workers, such as H, L, O, P, Q, and R, will cost $205.
The charge for deal brokers, settlement financial backers, and settlement candidates in a specialty occupation (E classification) will increment from $205 to $315 because of this standard, which affects the consular charges. This includes letting some exchange visitors skip the two-year residency requirement.
After October 1, fees for visa interviews are due within 365 days of the invoice's issuance. Fees that were paid prior to October 1, 2022, will be valid until September 30, 2023. As a result, applicants must schedule interviews before September 30, 2023.
The following groups of US visas are affected by the increase:
B1: Business; Homegrown representative or caretaker - should be going with an outside public business
B2: Vacation, tourism, and pleasure visitor
H: Work visas
L: Intra-company transferee
O: Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business, or Athletics
P: Performing athlete, artist, entertainer
Q: International cultural exchange visitor
R: Religious worker
E: Treaty trader/treaty investor
Aside from that, the treaty also mentioned that the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), which came into effect on March 30, will grant four-year visas to a total of 1,800 Indian chefs and yoga teachers.
“Annually, a maximum of 1,800 professional, qualified Indian traditional chefs and yoga instructors entering India as Contractual Service Suppliers will be granted temporary entry and temporary stay. The deal report stated, "The impermanent passage is for periods of stay awake up to four years, with the possibility of additional stay."
Since the ECTA was signed in December of last year, it is anticipated that bilateral trade between the two countries will increase from the current $31 billion to over $45-50 billion in five years.
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