---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 286.9"
title: "8"
number: "286.9"
heading: "Fee for processing applications and issuing documentation at land border Ports-of-Entry."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/286.9"
---

# §286.9. Fee for processing applications and issuing documentation at land border Ports-of-Entry.

- (a) **General.** A fee may be charged and collected by the Commissioner for the processing and issuance of specified Service documents at land border Ports-of-Entry. These fees, as specified in [8 CFR 103.7(d)](/cfr/8/103.7.md?p=d), shall be dedicated to funding the cost of providing application-processing services at land border ports.
- (b) **Forms for which a fee may be charged.**
  - (1) A nonimmigrant alien who is required to be issued, or requests to be issued, Form I-94 (see [§ 1.4](/cfr/8/1.4.md)), Arrival/Departure Record, for admission at a land border Port-of-Entry must remit the required fee for issuance of Form I-94 upon determination of admissibility.
  - (2) A nonimmigrant alien applying for admission at a land border Port-of-Entry as a Visa Waiver Program applicant pursuant to [§ 217.2(c)](/cfr/8/217.2.md?p=c) or [§ 217.3(c)](/cfr/8/217.3.md?p=c) of this chapter must remit the required fee for issuance of Form I-94W, as prescribed in [§ 103.7(d)(5)](/cfr/8/103.7.md?p=d-5) of this chapter, upon determination of admissibility.
  - (3) A Mexican national in possession of a valid Form DSP-150, B-1/B-2 Visa and Border Crossing Card, issued by the DOS, or a passport and combined B-1/B-2 visa and non-biometric BCC (or similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS, who is required to be issued Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, pursuant to [§ 235.1(f)](/cfr/8/235.1.md?p=f) of this chapter, must remit the required fee for issuance of Form I-94 upon determination of admissibility.
  - (4) A citizen or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States or a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada who is a national of a designated Visa Waiver Program country listed in [§ 217.2(a)](/cfr/8/217.2.md?p=a) of this chapter who requests Form I-68, Canadian Border Boat Landing Permit, pursuant to [§ 235.1(e)](/cfr/8/235.1.md?p=e) of this chapter, for entry to the United States from Canada as an eligible pleasure boater on a designated body of water, must remit the required fee at the time of application for Form I-68.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 40069, Aug. 7, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 10390, Mar. 6, 1997; 67 FR 71450, Dec. 2, 2002; 68 FR 5194, Jan. 31, 2003; 78 FR 18472, Mar. 27, 2013; 85 FR 46928, Aug. 3, 2020; 85 FR 53645, Aug. 31, 2020; 87 FR 18981, Apr. 1, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1356; Title VII of Public Law 110-229; 8 CFR part 2.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 5757, Feb. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 40069, Aug. 7, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 10390, Mar. 6, 1997; 67 FR 71450, Dec. 2, 2002; 68 FR 5194, Jan. 31, 2003; 78 FR 18472, Mar. 27, 2013; 85 FR 46928, Aug. 3, 2020; 85 FR 53645, Aug. 31, 2020; 87 FR 18981, Apr. 1, 2022]