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Application fee vs traveller cost

One number on the page is the reviewed government (or portal) fee. Another summary may combine mandatory official charges — without pretending to know your total outlay.

Application fee

  • The reviewed government or portal fee: amount, currency, and often entry type (for example single-entry).
  • Published only after a human checks an official fee schedule or equivalent source.
  • If the source says “about” or mixes several products, we may leave the field Unknown rather than invent a clean number.

Traveller cost

  • A summary of mandatory official charges when sources support them (for example a required verification step), separate from the government fee line.
  • Prefer labels like Expected mandatory charges over “what you’ll actually pay.”
  • Excludes optional premiums, courier, FX spreads, and unstated extras.

See Georgia for fee + traveller cost, orVietnam for a single-entry primary fee.