How do I pay the Non-Immigrant Visa application fee?
The Congress of the United States requires American consulates and embassies to collect a $131 (SAR 4998) Machine Readable Visa (MRV) application fee for each application. All non-immigrant visa applicants must pay the nonrefundable visa application fee before coming to the Consulate for their interview.
The application fee may be paid at any branch of Samba Bank: http://www.samba.com/ENGLISH/INDEX_01_01_en.html in Saudi Arabia. Applicants must bring the yellow bank receipt with them at the time of the interview.
To locate a Samba Bank near you, click the following line:
http://www.samba.com/ENGLISH/Common/HTML/AtmsBranches_01_01_en.asp
Samba account holders may also pay the fee online at the Samba Bank website: http://www.samba.com/common/sconnect/SambaMall.jsp
The only applicants exempt from this fee are those applying for A (diplomatic), G (international organization), C-3 (diplomatic/official transit) visas and J-1 (exchange visitor program) applicants participating in certain programs funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State or USAID.