COVID-era Visa Application Fee Receipts Set To Expire

A COVID-era policy that allows visa applicants more time to book appointments after paying the applicable State Department fee ends this month.

‌Key Points:

• Visa applicants typically have 365 days from the time they pay the Machine-Readable Visa (MRV) fee to schedule an appointment before their receipt expires.
• Applicants were given additional time to book appointments under a temporary COVID-19 policy that will come to an end on Sept. 30, 2023.
• Under this change, all MRV fee receipts issued before Oct. 1, 2022, will expire Sept. 30, 2023. While appointments using receipts issued before Oct. 1, 2022, must be made before Sept. 30, the interviews themselves can occur after that date.