Consulate General of the United States Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Important Note if applying for a business, tourism or student visa

All Saudi Arabian citizens require visas to travel to the United States. Starting February 8, 2010, all posts in Saudi Arabia will only accept the online application (DS-160) for all student, tourist, and other nonimmigrant visas.  Even if you have already scheduled an appointment for after February 8, you must fill out a new application using the online system.

Important Note

Effective April 13, 2012, the Department of State will adjust visa processing fees.  While the fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will increase, all immigrant visa processing fees will decrease.

The Department is required by law to recover, as far as possible, the cost of processing visas through the collection of application fees, also called Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fees.  A cost-of-service model is updated annually to determine direct and indirect costs to the U.S. government when providing all consular services, such as nonimmigrant visa processing.  This update was completed in December 2011 and shows that certain categories of nonimmigrant visas cost more to process than other categories of visas.  The new fees reflect the costs of each visa service. 

The nonimmigrant visa fee increase will support the addition and expansion of overseas facilities, as well as additional staffing required to meet increased visa demand.  The last increase in MRV fees was June 5, 2010.

Although most categories of nonimmigrant visa processing fees will increase, the fee for E visas (treaty-traders and treaty-investors) and K visas (for fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens) will decrease.

Nonimmigrant Visa Processing Fees

For application instructions, please select your purpose of travel:

• Business and Tourism (B1/B2)
• Students (F1, F2)
• Other Non Immigrant Visas
• Immigrant Visas