The U.S.Department of State has revised the worldwide nonimmigrant Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee from $100 to $131 effective January 1, 2008.
Visa applicants who paid the $100 application fee and who appear for an interview after January 31, 2008 will be required to bring a non-refundable demand draft for the $31 difference in fee.
The U.S. Mission in India will not be able to significantly increase the number of visa appointments in January.
Travelers are cautioned against speculative purchases of $100 MRV appointment
receipts in December. Applicants who have not yet purchased a MRV fee receipt
from HDFC bank are encouraged to wait until 2008 to pay the application fee to
avoid the inconvenience of obtaining a demand draft for the $31 fee difference
after January 31, 2008.[b]