How much I am spending on applying for a Tier 2 (General) visa to Britain:

• Visa application fee: $424.00
• Return postage: $12.00 (for them to return my Diploma and other originals of supporting documents)
• (Edited July 26, 09 by W) Foreign transaction fee: $13.08 (even though the consulate is in New York, and the line item on my credit card bill states that the charges come from "WP-UKVISA New York", the UK consulate apparently processes the credit card payments through a UK bank, and so I get hit with this...
• Train ticket to Elizabeth, NJ: $17.00 (to go to the USCIS center to get my biometrics taken)
• Translation fees: $75.00 (the British consulate cannot read Latin. Princeton's diploma is in Latin. Go figure.)
• Passport photos: $7.99 (at CVS. They print out 6 at once. I only need 1 (maybe 2), so the real cost is probably closer to $1.50. Then again, I don't have much use for extra passport photos.)
• Postage for mailing the application: around $20.00 (Express mail with return receipt, estimated on the USPS website.)