US State Dept: waiver of execution fee illegal
Oct 6, 2016, 7:20 am
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US State Dept: waiver of execution fee illegal
When applying for an ordinary US passport, most of us have to pay an application fee and an execution fee to have our application result in being issued a passport. While the application is for the coffers of the passport-issuing authority, the execution fee is not necessarily for the coffers of the passport-issuing authority. Some non-federal passport application accepting facilities had sometimes not been collecting the execution fee, and the State Department doesn't like this happening:
http://wxxinews.org/post/us-state-de...ort-fee-waiver
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...egal/91552896/
Why doesn't the USG like this practice of fee waivers? Could it be because those granted the execution fee waivers by the acceptance agents are selective (read: not necessarily fair) in who gets the waiver of the execution fee? Could it be also because State and the USG would rather not have the execution fee revenue it gets end up cannibalized/reduced due to "competition"?
http://wxxinews.org/post/us-state-de...ort-fee-waiver
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...egal/91552896/
Why doesn't the USG like this practice of fee waivers? Could it be because those granted the execution fee waivers by the acceptance agents are selective (read: not necessarily fair) in who gets the waiver of the execution fee? Could it be also because State and the USG would rather not have the execution fee revenue it gets end up cannibalized/reduced due to "competition"?
Oct 8, 2016, 4:29 am
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Complaints about price competition aren't the concern. If that was the issue, there is no need to have an execution fee; then the government could wrap it all into a single application fee with the application accepting agent being paid a percentage of the application fee revenue. That would be one way around the scenario you mention.
Oct 8, 2016, 7:16 pm
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Paying the acceptance agent involves a l
t more paperwork and effort than simply insisting that the acceptance fees be collected by said agent.
t more paperwork and effort than simply insisting that the acceptance fees be collected by said agent.
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