The tourist visa American (B1/B2) is always the top concern of many Vietnamese people have the intention to United States, visiting family, travel or work in the short term. However, in 2025, a series of changes on the visa fee was announced, a fee completely new Visa Integrity Fee worth 250 USD will also officially be applied from the date 1/10/2025. In this article, we will analyze in detail the expenses and that the visa applicant should be noted.
From 2023, the U.s. government has increased the fee for processing visa for nonimmigrant (called MRV – Machine Readable Visa). However, by the year 2025, the cost of this continued to be preserved at the level of:
This is the fee does not include the surcharge is about to be applied from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Since day 1 year 10 year 2025, all visa applicants not residing in the Us will have to close more free Visa Integrity Fee worth 250 USD.
The answer is: possible, but not easy.
However, the procedure for the refund still has not been The U.s. department of state announced a clear and could be very complex. In fact, many applicants will not receive this fee if not actively implement the proven steps and please refund after leaving the Us.
Below is the general charge that the Vietnam tourist visa, American (B1/B2) will have to pay since 1/10/2025:
Note: This not include additional fees such as service, interviews, or cost return the record if the visa is refused.
With citizens of countries under the Visa Waiver Program, when American tourists just need to apply for an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), do not need to apply for a visa.
→ Total: 64 USD for the Us under the visa waiver (as Japanese, Korean, German,...)
Vietnam not under the Visa Waiver Program, should the visa B1/B2 will have to spend at least 435 USD per records start from January 10/2025. This leads to several results: