NON-IMMIGRANT PROCEDURES

The United States Congress requires American embassies and consulates to collect a $100 Machine Readable Visa (MRV) application fee for each application processed. These fees are earmarked to pay for security improvements in the United States' visa and entry control system.

All non-immigrant visa applicants must pay a nonrefundable $100 visa application fee, payable in Japanese Yen. The yen-dollar exchange rate used to calculate this fee changes monthly. For the month of October the fee is 11,000 yen.

The only applicants exempt from this fee are those who are applying for A (diplomatic), G (international organization), C-3 (diplomatic/official transit) visas, and J-1 (exchange visitor program) applicants participating in certain programs funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department or USAID.

Each applicant may pay the fee using an ATM with no processing fee at any branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in Japan. The payment should be made to:

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Toranomon Branch
Touza account 1882541
"U.S. Embassy Visa Application Fee"

The original bank receipt should be attached to the third page of Nonimmigrant Visa Application Form DS-156 (tape or glue the fee receipt above the barcode. Please do not cover the barcode.)

NOTE: We cannot accept Internet banking payments.