Fees, fees, fees
If there’s one word that can summarize US Visa applications, it’s fees…
Today I already had the pleasure to pay three of them:
- SEVIS fee (= a database entry in the student exchange database), USD 100.-
- Visa appointment scheduling fee, USD 10.-
- Visa application fee, EUR 89.08 which is about USD 140.-
So before the application form is filed, you are already spending 250 Dollars in fees (not to mention the cost of driving to the embassy in Frankfurt). What eases the pain a little is the good euro-to-dollar exchange rate at the moment.
But of course unlike last time I don’t seem to be required to prove my proficiency in English so that saves me another few hundred dollars. Looks like it’s my lucky day.
So you save on the exchange rate for the 110$ you paid. And you have a fee which is made in euros of 89.xx Euros which is 140$
That’s how you save money
It’s true: The 250 Dollars are about 160 Euros at the moment. That really does make life easier.
Well, when I was young, the Dollar was still strong… Ah, the old times
Your visa appointment scheduling fee was a steal! I found a 15 Euro item on my phone bill for calling the embassy’s 0900 number. That makes even all those lonely girls from the TV night programme look… indecently cheap!
(fixed by the admin: I stole an I and made it “a steal”
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Oh noez. “I steal”. You steal. “A steal.”
FIXME…