Schedule of Fees for Consular Services; Finance and Accounting; and Passports and Visas

Résumé

This direct final rule replaces the existing fee charged for each passport issued, that is refunded when a passport is not issued, with a non-refundable fee charged for each application filed for a passport. Accordingly, the Department of State will refund the passport application fee only when the fee has been collected in error. The Department will not refund the fee paid for a passport application when, after processing, it is determined that the applicant will not be issued a passport. Nor will the Department refund a passport application fee to the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased bearer of an unused passport, or refund a passport application fee to any person issued a passport who has been refused a visa by a foreign government. The rule provides, however, that a person, whose passport application is denied, may have the application reconsidered without being required to pay an additional application fee by submitting adequate documentation that overcomes the reason for denial within 90 days from the date of the denial notice.