Once a consular officer grants status as a Returning Resident (SB-1), the applicant must appear for an immigrant visa interview on a different date. We have received several inquiries seeking clarification of the immigrant visa application fee for such cases, because this is not clearly spelled out on www.ustraveldocs.com/in and the consular website. According to the U.S. consulate in Mumbai, the fee in such cases is US$ 230, payable by demand draft at the then-prevailing consular exchange rate. At this writing, the consular exchange rate is INR 68 to a US$.