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Fees Charged for Asylum App

States Parties to the 1951 Refuge

December 2017 
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opinion of the United States Government. The information provided 

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Fees Charged for Asylum Applications by States Parties to 

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SUMMARY This report surveys laws related to asylum granting procedures in 147 countries that are States Part

and/or its 1967 Protocol. It identifies fees charged to applicants in connection with an application 

of countries do not charge a fee for applying for asylum. Some countries require the payment of visa (Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand), although waivers or exemptions may apply. Other c

costs for food and accommodation in detention facilities (Czech Republic, Hungary), issuan

(Liechtenstein), a mandatory health examination (Russia), or reexamination of the petition (Switz

because no legislation or other relevant information was located; for such countries the chart ininstances, implementing legislation was located but no information regarding fees was found; for 

column. Countries that are States Parties to the 1967 Protocol only are identified by an asterisk. 

Country Application Fee Amount 

(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Afghanistan No information located Albania None 
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Country Application Fee Amount 

(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Algeria No fee located (the Office for 

Refugees and Stateless Persons is entitled to collect “chancery fees,” the amount of which is to be fixed in a table, which was not located) 

Yes; partial/total exemption from fees may be granted to indigent persons. 

No 

Angola None Antigua and Barbuda 

No information located 

Argentina None Armenia None 
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Country Application Fee Amount 

(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Australia AU$35/US$27 

(if applicant entered the country on a valid visa, or if arrived illegally and applied for a protection visa before October 1, 2017. Illegal entrants who arrive or apply after that date cannot be granted a visa and must leave Australia). A bridging visa may be granted to an applicant awaiting a decision on a protection visa. There is no application fee for this visa. 

No No $0 

(there is no fee “for an applicant who is in immigration detention and has not been immigration cleared”). 

Austria None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Azerbaijan None Bahamas No information located Belarus None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Belgium None Belize No fee located Benin No information located Bolivia None Bosnia and Herzegovina 

None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Botswana No fee located Brazil None Bulgaria None Burkina Faso None Burundi None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Cabo Verde* No information located Cambodia No fee located (authorization 

for preliminary stay while claim determined is issued free of charge) 

Cameroon None Canada No fee for refugee protection 

application from within Canada. Application processing fees for 

No exemption for permanent residency application, but exempt 

No 

* Signatory to 1967 Protocol only.
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

permanent residence for protected persons and Convention refugees: Principal applicant’s processing fee, Can$550/US$427.58 Spouse or partner, Can$550/US$427.58 Dependent child, Can$150/US$116.61 (per child under age 22) 

from paying “right of permanent residence” fee. Person in Canada who has made refugee claim that has not yet been determined, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred who has applied for a work permit/ temporary residence permit, not required to pay application fees. 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Central African Republic 

No information located 

Chad No information located Chile None China No fee located Colombia None 
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Country Application Fee Amount 

(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Congro, Democratic Republic of 

None 

Congo, Republic of 

None 

Costa Rica None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Cote d’Ivoire None Croatia None Cyprus None 
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Country Application Fee Amount 

(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Czech Republic None, but applicants for 

international protection placed in asylum facilities during application review must contribute to costs of food and accommodation 

No No No 

Denmark None Djibouti None Dominica No information located 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Dominican Republic 

No fee located 

Ecuador None Egypt No information located El Salvador None Equatorial Guinea 

No information located 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Estonia None Ethiopia No fee located Fiji FJ$465/US$225 (for 

application or renewal of provisional protection permit or protection permit) 

Yes—both the Immigration Act and associated regulations allow the Permanent Secretary (head of immigration 

No 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

department) to waive the fee. 

Finland None France None Gabon None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Gambia No fee located Georgia None Germany None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Ghana No fee located Greece None Guatemala None Guinea None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Guinea-Bissau None Haiti No information located Honduras None Hungary None, but law requires police 

to detain all asylum-seekers in designated facilities and makes them pay detention costs 

No No No 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Iceland None Iran Average cost for family of five 

for r initial Amayesh (registered refugee) cards and their renewal (latest information available): IRR12,321,000/US$413 

Yes. Certain vulnerable categories of refugees reportedly exempted, including families with more than 8 members, elderly and disabled persons, single women with children younger than 15, orphans, children of Iranian 

No 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

widows, and single women and girls older than 18. 

Ireland None Israel None Italy None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Jamaica No information located 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Japan None Kazakhstan None Kenya No fee located. Applicable law 

requires that asylum-seeker ID be issued free of charge. 

 

Kyrgyzstan None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Latvia None Lesotho No fee located Liberia No fee located Liechtenstein None, but fee may be charged 

for translation of foreign documents needed for application if translation is done by the Liechtenstein Office of Alien and Passport Affairs itself and the applicant has sufficient financial means. 

No No 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Lithuania None Luxembourg None Madagascar No information located Malawi No fee located Mali None 
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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Malta None Mauritania No fee located Mexico None Monaco None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Montenegro None Morocco No information located Mozambique None Namibia No fee located 
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Exceptions or 

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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

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(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Nauru None Netherlands None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

New Zealand No fee for making a claim for 

refugee or protection status. Claimants normally granted a 6-month visitor visa (Refugee Claimant Visitor Visa) while claim is processed, with application fees of NZ$165/US$114 (online) or NZ$184/US$127 (paper). Claimants may be granted a special temporary work visa while they await a decision on their status. There is no application fee for a Child of a Refugee Claimant Student Visa. 

Yes; an immigration officer may waive visitor visa or special work visa application fees. Claimants, refugees, and protected persons are exempt from paying the immigration levy. 

No 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Nicaragua None Niger None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

equivalent) 

Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Nigeria No fee located Norway None Panama None Papua New Guinea 

None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Paraguay None Peru None Philippines No fee located Poland None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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Exceptions or 

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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Portugal None Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of 

None 

Moldova None Romania None Russian Federation 

No fee charged for temporary asylum or refugee applications for applicant and family 

No No No 
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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

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Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

members, but all petitioners required to undergo mandatory medical examination the exact price of which is established by regional authorities--typically about US$60. 

Rwanda None Samoa No information located Sao Tome and Principe 

No information located 

Senegal None 
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(national currency/ US$ 

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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

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Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Serbia None Seychelles No information located Sierra Leone No fee located Slovakia None Slovenia None 
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(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

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(if different from 

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nondetained 

applicants) 

Solomon Islands None Somalia No information located South Africa None South Korea None Spain None 
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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

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(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

St. Kitts and Nevis 

No information located 

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 

No information located 

Sudan No fee located Suriname No information located Swaziland No information located Sweden None 
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Exceptions or 

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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

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(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

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a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Switzerland No fee for first application. 

Fee of CHF600 (US$610) for re-examination and multiple applications. Fee may be increased by up to 50% if case is particularly difficult or complex. 

Yes. Waiver if applicant is indigent and the application does not appear prima facie without merit (cumulative grounds) 

No 

Tajikistan None 
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(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Tanzania, United Republic of 

No fee located 

Timor-Leste No information located Togo None Trinidad and Tobago 

No information located 
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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

Government 

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(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

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a Detained 

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(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Tunisia No information located Turkey None 
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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Turkmenistan None Tuvalu No information located Uganda No fee located Ukraine None 
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Exceptions or 

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(Yes/No; short 

description if 

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Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

United Kingdom None Uruguay No fee located Vatican City/ Holy See 

No information located 

Venezuela* None Yemen No information located * Signatory to 1967 Protocol only. 
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Exceptions or 

Waivers 

(Yes/No; short 

description if 

yes) 

Availability of 

Government 

Loan

(Yes/No; loan 

conditions if 

yes) 

Fee Amount for 

a Detained 

Applicant 

(if different from 

fees for 

nondetained 

applicants) 

Zambia No fee located Zimbabwe No fee located