Fees and costs
Article 19
1. Member States may require the payment of fees for the handling of applications in accordance with this Directive. The level of such fees shall not be disproportionate or excessive. Fees for short-stay visas are regulated in the relevant provisions of the Schengen acquis . Where those fees are paid by the third-country national, Member States may provide that they are entitled to be reimbursed by the employer in accordance with national law. 2. Member States may require employers of seasonal workers to pay for: (a) the cost of travel from the seasonal workers’ place of origin to the place of work in the Member State concerned and the return journey; (b) the cost of sickness insurance referred to in point (b) of Article 5(1) and point (b) of Article 6(1). When paid by the employers, such costs shall not be recoverable from the seasonal workers.