Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates

Resumo

Further to the Department's proposed rule to amend the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule of Fees), the Department of State is adjusting a number of fees in light of an independent cost of service study's findings that the U.S. Government is not fully covering its costs for providing these services under the current fee structure. The primary objective of the adjustments to the Schedule of Fees is to ensure that fees for consular services reflect costs to the United States of providing the services to the extent possible. Seventeen hundred and ninety-seven comments were received during the period for public comment. This rule addresses comments received thus far, and reopens the comment period on these fees for an additional 60 days.