What passenger and border fees do countries charge?

Companies would have received a cut of the visa fee for each application processed, as reported by the Canberra Times

At the January 2022 launch, Foreign Affairs stated ordinary 34-page passport charges of EUR 65 for adults and EUR 35 for minors, excluding municipal taxes. These are applicant charges, not a disclosed supplier revenue split ¹

USD 20 per arriving and departing international passenger, instituted by the 15 March 2016 order described in paragraph 35 of the judgment. Historical fee, not confirmation of collection today ⁶.

October 2024 CAMERCAP-PARC brief reports XAF 110,000 and a 10% DGSN, 90% operator split. The underlying payment schedule was not available for verification ³

CAD 7 per application, paid by foreign travellers who fly to or transit through a Canadian airport (IRCC page modified 5 June 2026)

USD 185 per passport paid by the applicant. Reuters reported the split as USD 65 to the government, USD 48 to Semlex-linked firms, USD 60 to UAE company LRPS and USD 12 to Mantenga Contacto Trading.

Article 38 of the contract sets a USD 30 fee on every arriving and departing international air passenger. The government said the fee is not new and is already in ticket prices collected by airlines, with part now redirected to the contract. Fees go monthly into a joint account run by the government and Securiport, with an irrevocable instruction to send 85% to Securiport to recover its investment and 15% to the state, as reported by Ecofin Agency.

EUR 20 per application, up from EUR 7, paid by visa-exempt non-EU travellers. Applicants under 18 or over 70 are exempt. The Commission said the increase covers operating costs and inflation (European Commission, 17 July 2025)

Part of NIA revenue from use of the card is to cover operating costs and repay the partner's investment over 15 years (NIA, 2018)

ETA from USD 30 for normal processing, plus USD 100 for expedited processing (official ETA site). Convenience fee on eCitizen payments set by Gazette Notice as a percentage, charged at KES 50 per transaction according to the Auditor General, as reported

No applicant charge or private passenger-fee allocation published in these sources.

Maldives Immigration states that its traveller declaration is free. This does not establish that every passport or visa service is free ².

Company describes applicant payments collected through vouchers. Amount and revenue split not published ¹.

The approval decree refers to the airport security fee framework. Amount, payer and revenue split are not published in this decree ¹.

Visa fees not stated in the sources reviewed. Overstay fine of USD 15 per day from 1 September 2025, as reported

Securiport would recover its costs through a government-mandated passenger security surcharge, as reported. Amount Not published.

User-pays model in which travellers who use the service bear the cost, as reported. Fee amount Not published. The Bureau of Immigration said public feedback on user fees would be considered.

EUR 50 per biometric visa, paid by the traveller, as reported by Au-Senegal. The state's share of visa revenue was earmarked to repay SNEDAI for police vehicles, equipment and public buildings it prefinanced, under Article 29 of the 2014 amended finance law, per the government.

Decree 2018-2107 of 5 December 2018, published on 6 April 2019, lists USD 12 per passenger to Senegal and USD 12 per passenger departing Senegal. The security-fee table identifies the airport manager as collector and MEFP for SECURIPORT as beneficiary. These are historical statutory terms, not confirmation of current collection or a supplier-government revenue split ⁴.

The original agreement set USD 64 per passenger, divided USD 54 to Securiport and USD 10 to government. A March 2013 amendment set USD 40 for Securiport ⁶. From September 2022, passengers paid USD 25 directly, replacing government payment, according to the government announcement reported by the Sierra Leone Telegraph ¹. The USD 25 fee was suspended from 6 July 2026 ^2,3.

The May 2020 audit records a passport price amended from USD120 to USD100 on 3 August 2015. In April 2026, Netpage's CEO reported a Leone-denominated price of Le2,280 and a revised 10% royalty from October 2025. These are dated terms, not one continuous tariff. ^1,4

ICA described the clearance service as free for eligible users, this is not a published vendor payment model. ²

Bank financing uses future airline-fee flows. Fee amount and revenue split not published ¹

VFS describes a user-paid model with a USD 18.50 service charge across visa categories, plus payment charges and local taxes ².

USD 20 per arriving and departing international passenger at Banjul International Airport, collected from September 2020. The National Audit Office, as reported by The Point, cited a contract clause sending 75% (USD 15) to Securiport and 25% (USD 5) to the Gambia Civil Aviation Authority through a joint bank account. Gambiana, citing Malagen, reported USD 10 to Securiport and USD 5 each to the government and the aviation authority. Dubawa reported Malagen said the fee had risen to USD 25. The sources conflict on the split.

GBP 20 per application, including eligible babies and children. Supplier allocation not published ¹

Fees collected by USCIS on certain H-1B and L-1 visa petitions, paid by the petitioners, fund the programme. CBO first estimated USD 115 million a year. Collections fell to USD 26 million in FY 2022. The report says the programme has no other dedicated revenue stream.

USD 7.61 commercial aircraft or vessel passenger arrival fee from 1 October 2026, subject to the regulatory categories and exceptions ^1,2.

USD 40.62 per approved authorisation from 16 October 2026. A denied application costs USD 10.62 ¹.

USD 31.75 per enrolment from 16 October 2026 ¹.

USD 30 per required land-border I-94 application. The notice does not impose this application fee on air or sea arrivals ¹.

USD 7 per covered commercial air or vessel passenger inspection. Statutory and regulatory exceptions apply. Certain vessel journeys have a separate USD 3 charge ^1,2.