George
the embassy fee for a visa issued in the US is 131.00 usd now shipping your passport is extra so if you trust the US mail not much 5.00 bucks or so plus return much more by fed ex or ups it was 16.00 for my first one at the border and also 16.000usd for my trasit visa out.
#10 I don't think you udnerstood my question :
1) The first visa you got at the border for $16 - was that a transit visa or a full 15 day tourist visa ?
2) How much is a transit visa in Washington ?
I'm asking because if you are comparing a $16 transit visa to a $131 tourist visa you're comparing apples and oranges. I think you are saying that your first visa as a tourist visa, but I'm not quite sure, as you refered to "the second transit visa" in post # 8.