$5.00. 33. Shipment or discharge of seaman on undocumented vessel, each seaman (If item 93 is applicable, only one Surcharge shall be applied per group served on the same visit). 34. Recording of bill of sale of vessel pur- $40.00. chased abroad, taking of application for provisional certificate of registration or certificate of American ownership, and investigation. 35. Issuance of provisional certificate of registry $30.00. of certificate of American ownership. 36. Services under this tariff (unless designated No fee. "no exceptions") when performed for Ameri can vessels or for American seamen (22 U.S.C. 1186). (Item Nos. 37 through 44 vacant) (Item Nos. 18 and 19 vacant) Visa Services For Aliens 20. Furnishing and verification of application for $125.00. immigrant visa, including duplicate copy [112-IV APPL]. 21. Issuance of each immigrant visa [113-IV $25.00. ISSUANCE], [114-R IV ISS], [115-211 WAIV/ISS]. 22. Furnishing and verification of application and issuance of nonimmigrant visa. (Fees prescribed in Appendices B, C, and E, Part IV, FAM, Vol. 9 of Department of State, as amended from time to time). 23. Furnishing and verification of application and issuance of nonimmigrant visa to: Reciprocal. $4.00. $2.00. 46. Taking the acknowledgement of the execu- 48. Certifying to official character of a foreign $4.00. notary or other offical (i.e., authenticating a document). 49. Administering oaths, taking acknowledge- $4.00. ments, or supplying authentications, in connection with application for letters patent or registration of trademarks, or with the assignment or transfer of rights thereunder. 50. Administering an oath and certificate thereof for petition for immediate relative, nonimmigrant finance(e), temporary worker, nonimmigrant intracompany transferee, or preference immigrant status. $4.00. 53. Authenticating a Federal, State or Territorial $4.00. seal, or certifying to the official status of an officer of the United States Department of State or of a foreign diplomatic or consular officer accredited to or recognized by the United States Government, or any document submitted to the Department for that purpose. (Item No. 54 vacant) 55. Noting of a negotiable instrument for want of acceptance or payment, certifying to protest and giving notice to issuer and endorsers when requested to do so. (Item Nos. 56 through 57 vacant) 58. Services under the heading, "Notarial Services and Authentications" when rendered: $10.00. (a) In connection with the execution of No fee. forms or documents (except those related to applications for passports or immigrant visas) required by and to be presented to any department or agency of the Federal Govern ment. Item number (b) In connection with the assignment and transfer of United States bonds or other Federal financial obligations or the execution of powers of attorney therefor to collect interest there on. (c) In connection with the execution of forms or documents required by and to be presented to the States and their subdivisions, the District of Columbia, or any of the territories or possessions of the United States. (d) In the execution of tax returns for filing with the Federal or State Governments or political subdivisions thereof. (e) To claimants and beneficiaries and their witnesses, in connection with Federal, State and municipal allotment, pension, retirement, insurance, medical compensation, or like benefits. (f) To American citizens, while outside the United States, in preparation of ballots to be used in any primary, general or other public elections in the United States or in territories under their jurisdiction. (g) For official non-commercial use by a foreign government or by an international agency of which the Government of the United States is a member. Fee Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Item number Decedents and Decedents' Estates 70. Taking into possession under 22 U.S.C. 1175 the personal estate of any citizen who shall die within the limits of a consular district, and arranging for inventory, sale, and final disposition thereof according to law. 71. Services as described under Item No. 70 above when performed in the case of a deceased employee of the United States. 72. For placing or removing official seal on estates of decedents; for disbursing funds supplied by relatives and others; for forwarding to legal representative or other authorized person of securities and other instruments not negotiated (or not negotiable) by the consular officer, or evidence of bank deposits of the decedent; or for releasing on the spot against memorandum receipt and without occasion either for safekeeping on official accountability or for consular inventory and appraisal, to the legal representative or other authorized person in the country, of personal property taken into nominal possession for the explicit purpose of transfer of custody. 73. Arrangements for shipping or other disposition of remains. (Item No. 74 vacant) Copying and Recording Fee No fee. Do. Do. Do. 75. For typing a copy of document or extract of $3.00. a document. (For each 200 words or part thereof). 76. For photocopying or otherwise duplicating a $0.20. document, per copy of each page. (This fee does not apply to such customary activities as issuance of copies of records: (1) From supplies kept for distribution, such as press releases and information leaflets; (2) as part of normal and generally reciprocal services performed by the post's library or the library of the Department at the request of similar agencies or institutions; or (3) in lieu of or as exclosures to letters with the purpose of saving costs in preparing mail.). (Item Nos. 77 through 81 vacant) Examination Services 82. Supervising or proctoring an examination at $90.00. the request of an agency or instrumentality of the Federal or a State Government by a consular or other officer, including completion of a certificate without seal. (For each hour or fraction thereof, unless the cost is reimbursable to the Department of State by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal or a State government; (Service is exempt from charges of Item 93, but not of Item 94). Exemption for Federal Agencies and Corporations 83. Any and all services (unless above desig- No fee. nated "No exceptions") performed for the official use of the Government of the United States or of any corporation in which the Federal Government or its representative shall own the entire outstanding capital stock. 93. Surcharges for services rendered away from office or after duty hours in the United States or in a foreign country are required for all "Fee" services listed above when performed at the request of an interested party unless specifically exempted, but are not required for "No fee" services nor for instances of common disaster (i.e., ship wrecks, air crashes, etc.) or evacuations. However, whether employees can be made available to perform duties away from office or after duty hours will be determined by the Consul General, the supervising consular officer, or the Passport Agency Director after considering workload priorities for the staff concerned. The following Surcharges, when required, are added to the regular fee: (1) American employee......... $20.00. (2) Foreign Service National employee... $10.00. Item number Transportation and Other Expenses 94. Transportation and other expenses necessarily being incurred by officers or other employees of U.S. Passport Agencies or American Consular Posts in foreign countries shall be collected on an estimated cost basis from the persons requesting the performance of "Fee" services listed above unless specifically exempted. Transportation and other expenses may also be collected for "No fee" or any other consular services when the Consul General, the supervising consular officer, or the Passport Agency Director concerned determines that collections for these purposes are appropriate and necessary. For example: the service of assisting in the recovery of lost or stolen vehicles, boats or planes may call for coverage of such expenses; or special estate settlement, handling or disposition services requested by the next of kin or legal representative of the decedent may require unusual travel or other special expenses. [Collections under Item 85 and Item 94 shall not be considered as part of the official fees but shall be recorded as refunds to the post allotment and accounted for as such. If there is uncertainty as to the extent or timing of expenses, a trust account, per Item 92 above, may be established with payment(s) made as performance of the service progresses]. Fee Cost. (Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 887; sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; sec. 4, 63 Stat. 111, as amended (22 U.S.C. 211a, 214, 2658); E.O. 11295, 36 FR 10603; 3 CFR 1966-70 Comp., p. 507) [46 FR 58071, Nov. 30, 1981, as amended at 46 FR 60572, Dec. 11, 1981; 47 FR 10000, Mar. 9, 1982; 47 FR 56329, Dec. 16, 1982; 51 FR 26247, July 22, 1986] § 22.2 Requests for services in the United States. (a) Requests for records. Requests by the file subject of the individual's authorized agent for services involving U.S. passport applications and related records, including consular birth, marriage and death records and authentication of other passport file documents, shall be addressed to Passport Services, Correspondence Branch, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20524. Requests for consular birth records should specify if a Consular Report of Birth (Form FS 240, or long form) or Certification of Birth (Form DS 1350, or short form) is desired. Advance remittance of the exact fee is required for each service. (b) Authentication services. Requests for Department of State au thentication of documents other than passport file documents must be accompanied by remittance of the exact total fee chargeable and addressed to the Authentication Officer, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520. § 22.3 Remittances in the United States. (a) Type of Remittance. Remittances shall be in the form of: (1) Check or bank draft drawn on a bank in the United States; (2) money orderpostal, international or bank; or (3) U.S. currency. Remittances shall be made payable to the order of the Department of State. The Department will assume no responsibility for cash which is lost in the mail. (b) Exact payment of fees. Fees must be paid in full prior to issuance of requested documents. If uncertainty as to the existence of a record or as to the number of sheets to be copied precludes remitting the exact fee chargeable with the request, the Department of State will inform the interested party of the exact amount required. § 22.4 Requests for services, Foreign Service. Officers of the Foreign Service shall charge for official services performed abroad at the rates prescribed in this schedule, in coin of the United States or at its representative value in exchange (22 U.S.C. 1202). For definition of representative value in exchange, see § 23.4 of this chapter. No fees named in this schedule shall be charged or collected for the official services to American vessels and seamen (22 U.S.C. 1186). The term "American vessels" is defined to exclude, for the purposes of this schedule, undocumented American vessels and the fees prescribed herein shall be charged and collected for such undocumented vessels. However, the fees prescribed herein shall not be charged or collected for American public vessels, which includes any vessel owned or operated by a U.S. Government department or agency and engaged exclusively in official business on a noncommercial basis. This schedule of fees shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in each Foreign Service consular office, subject to the examina tion by all persons interested therein (22 U.S.C. 1197). § 22.5 Remittances to Foreign Service posts. Remittances to Foreign Service posts from persons in the United States in payment of offical fees and charges or for the purpose of establishing deposits in advance of rendition of services shall be in a form acceptable to the post, drawn payable to the American Embassy (name of city), American Consulate General (name of city) or American Consulate (name of city), as the case may be. This will permit cashing of negotiable instruments for deposit in the Treasury when not negotiated locally. See § 23.2 of this chapter. (a) Time at which fees become payable. Fees are due and payble prior to issue or delivery to the interested party of a signed document, a copy of a record, or other paper representative of a service performed. (b) Receipt for fees; register of serv ices. Every officer of the Foreign Service responsible for the performance of services as enumerated in the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Foreign Service (§ 22.1), shall give receipts for fees collected for the official services rendered, specifying the nature of the service and numbered to correspond with entries in a register maintained for the purpose (22 U.S.C. 1192, 1193, and 1194). The register serves as a record of official acts performed by officers of the Foreign Service in a governmental or notarial capacity, corresponding in this regard with the record which notaries are usually expected or required to keep of their official acts. See § 92.2 of this chapter. (c) Deposits to guarantee payment of fees or incidental costs. When the amount of any fee is determinable only after initiation of the performance of a service, or if incidental costs are involved, the total fee and incidental costs shall be carefully estimated and an advance deposit required, subject to refund of any unused balance to the person making the deposit. (a) Fees which have been collected for deposit in the Treasury are refundable: (1) As specifically authorized by law (See 22 U.S.C. 214a concerning passport fees erroneously charged persons excused from payment, 22 U.S.C. 216 concerning passport fees in cases where the appropriate representative in the United States of a foreign government refuses a visa and 46 U.S.C. 8 concerning fees improperly imposed on vessels or seamen); (2) When the principal officer at the consular post where the fee was collected (or the officer in charge of the consular section at a combined diplomatic/consular post) finds upon review of the facts that the collection was erroneous under applicable law; and (3) Where determination is made by the Department of State with a view to payment of a refunded in the United States in cases which it is impracticable to have the facts reviewed and refunded effected by and at the direction of the responsible consular office. See § 13.1 of this chapter concerning refunds of fees improperly exacted by consular officers who have neglected to return the same. (b) Refunds of $5.00 or less will not be paid to the remitter unless a claim is specifically filed at the time of payment for the excess amount. An automatic refund on overpayments due to misinformation or mistakes on the part of the Department of State will be made. [52 FR 29515, Aug. 10, 1987] § 22.7 Collection and return of fees. No fees other than those prescribed in the Schedule of Fees, § 22.1, or by or pursuant to an act of Congress, shall be charged or collected by officers of the Foreign Service for official services performed abroad (22 U.S.C. 1201). All fees received by any officer of the Foreign Service for services rendered in connection with the duties of office or as a consular officer shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States (22 U.S.C. 99 and 812). For receipt, registry, and § 23.1 Remittances made payable to the Department of State. Except as otherwise specified in this title, remittances of moneys shall be drawn payable to the Department of State and sent to the Department for action and deposit. (See §§ 21.2, 22.2, and 51.40 of this chapter.) § 23.2 Endorsing remittances for deposit in the Treasury. The Office of Finance-Cashier Unit, the Authentication Office, the Passport Office or Passport Agency, American Embassy, American Legation, American consular office, or other office or unit of the Department of State authorized and required to deposit funds in the Treasury of the United States, is hereby authorized to endorse, or to have endorsed, to the order of the Treasurer of the United States by appropriate stamp, checks, drafts, money orders, or other forms of remittance, regardless of how |