US, Belarus reduce visa costs on parity terms
Belarus and USA set the price tag of $160 as visa processing fees from June 2014.
After consultations between the Belarusian Foreign Ministry and the American side as of 1 June 2014 the universal consular fee for reviewing applications for issuing Belarusian visas of all kinds to USA citizens was set at $160 in line with article 243 of the Special Part of the Tax Code of Belarus. "The American side has informed the Belarusian Foreign Ministry that the United States had reduced the cost of visas for Belarusians on parity terms and will now levy a similar consular fee of $160 for issuing a number of kinds of multiple-entry visas with the validity period of 12 months," Belarusian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Dmitry Mironchik is quoted by BELTA state news agency as saying.
"The legislation of the Unites States of America disallows reducing the cost of U.S. visa further," Mironchik said.
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