What it costs a foreign band to play America in 2026: the visa bill, line by line
A four-piece band now pays about $5,400 in US government fees before it plays a note, and most of that is premium processing that waits of nearly a year make hard to avoid. We add up the O and P visa bill from USCIS and State Department sources, and look at who it shuts out.
Industryvia US Citizenship and Immigration Services