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PUBLIC LAW 90-609-OCT. 21, 1968

[82 STAT.

" N O N I M M I G R A N T VISA FEES

"SEC. 281. The fees for the furnishing and verification of applications for visas by nonimmigrants of each foreign country and for the issuance of visas to nonimmigrants of each foreign country shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State, if practicable, in amounts corresponding to the total of all visa, entry, residence, or other similar fees, taxes, or charges assessed or levied against nationals of the United States by the foreign countries of which such nonimmigrants are nationals or stateless residents: Provided, That nonimmigrant visas issued to aliens coming to the United States in transit to and from the headquarters district of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Headquarters Agreement shall be gratis." SEC. 2. The reference to section 281 in the table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 281. Nonimmigrant visa fees."

SEC. 3. Section 344(a), (b), and (g) of such Act (66 Stat. 264; 8 U.S.C. 1455) are respectively amended to read as follows: "SEC. 344. (a) The clerk of court shall charge, collect, and account for fees prescribed by the Attorney General pursuant to title V of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 290) for the following: " (1) Making, filing, and docketing a petition for naturalization, including the final hearing on such petition, if such hearing be held, and a certificate of naturalization, if the issuance of such certificate is authorized by the naturalization court. " (2) Receiving and filing a declaration of intention, and issuing a duplicate thereof. " (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other law, no fee shall be charged or collected for an application for declaration of intention or a certificate of naturalization in lieu of a declaration or a certificate alleged to have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed, submitted by a person who was a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 20, 1,698, and before July 5, 1902; or at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; or who served on the Mexican border as a member of the Regular Army or National Guard between June 1916 and April 1917; or who has served or hereafter serves in the military, air, or naval forces of the United States after September 16, 1940, and who was not at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions, who was not a conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, or who was not at any time during such period or thereafter discharged from such military, air, or naval forces on account of alienage. •*(g) All fees collected, by the Attorney General, and all fees paid over to the Attorney General by clerks of courts under the provisions of this title, shall be deposited by the Attorney General in the Treasury of the United States: Provided, however, Tmit all f^ s received by the Attorney General or by the clerks of the courts from applicants residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in Guam, under this title, shallbe paid over to the treasury of the Virgin Islands and to the treasury of Guam, respectively." Approved October 21, 1968.

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