The US will increase the fee of issuing non-immigrant visas in all categories with effect from the 4th of next month to meet its increasing processing cost. In a statement, the State Department said, under the new schedule of fees, applicants for all visas that are not petition-based, including B1/B2 tourist and business visitor visas and all student and exchange visitor visas will pay a fee of 140 US Dollars. Applicants for petition-based visas will pay an application fee of 150 Dollars. These categories include: H visa for temporary workers and trainees; L visa for intra-company transferees; O visa for aliens with extraordinary ability; P visa for athletes, artists and entertainers; Q visa for international cultural exchange visitors and R visa for religious occupations.The application fee for K visas for fiance of US citizens will be 350 US Dollars.The fee for E visas for treaty-traders and treaty-investors will be 390 Dollars.