On Friday, June 2, the US Embassy in Nairobi postponed its plans to raise the cost of processing visas for non-immigrant applicants.
The embassy revealed in a notice that the increased fees would begin on June 17th, a Saturday. The government of President Joe Biden pushed back the start date by 18 days. The additional fees for particular non-immigrants were initially scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday, May 30.
“Kindly be advised that the planned worldwide increase in U.S. visitor fees has been postponed until June 17, 2023,” the embassy noted.
The reasons for delaying the payment of visa processing fees were not immediately disclosed by the embassy.
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Temporary workers, students, tourists, and investors were among those impacted by the measures announced on Wednesday, May 3.
The US increased visa processing costs for students and visitors from Ksh21,800 to Ksh25,206 (USD160 to USD185), in line with President Biden’s foreign policy.
Temporary workers will have to pay Ksh27,931 as opposed to Ksh25,887 beginning on Saturday, June 17.
Investors suffered the most as a result of the US government’s Ksh15,000 increase in visa processing fees. They need to pay Ksh42,918 in exchange for that important travel document. Treaty investors first had to pay Ksh27,931 to obtain their visas.
