US Visa Integrity Fee: What Ghanaians Need to Know
Eiii Ghanafoɔ! If you dey plan go America, make you listen sharp. New rules dey come wey go affect visa applications. Dem introduce new 'visa integrity fee' wey be $250. Dis fee dey come on top of all di oda visa fees wey you dey pay already.
Who Go Pay Dis New Fee?
According to di tori, anybody wey need non-immigrant visa go pay. Dis dey include tourists, business people, den students wey dey go school for America. So, if you dey plan your 'japa' trip, make you add dis fee to your budget o!
How Much Be Di Fee Exactly?
Di fee be $250 for di US fiscal year 2025 (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025). But di Secretary of Homeland Security fit decide to increase am sef. After dat year, dem go dey adjust di fee every year based on inflation. So, e fit go up!
When You Go Pay Am?
You go pay di fee when dem issue your visa. If dem refuse your visa application, den you no go pay. So, at least dem no go chop your money for nothing if your application no go through.
Why Dem Dey Charge Dis Fee?
Di money wey dem go collect from dis fee, dem go use am support border security den visa enforcement efforts. Some people dey worry say dis new fee fit make am difficult for some people to travel to America. As one immigration expert talk am, e fit reduce di number of people wey go fit afford to travel.
Can You Get Your Money Back?
According to some reports, you might be able to get di fee reimbursed if you comply with your visa conditions. However, di details about dis reimbursement process dey scarce for now.
Important Things to Remember:
- Di fee be $250, but e fit change.
- E dey apply to all non-immigrant visa applicants.
- You go pay am when dem issue your visa.
- E dey on top of all di oda visa fees.
So, Ghanafoɔ, make una prepare well before una apply for US visa. Dis new fee be serious matter! Make una do una research well before una start di application process.