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US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under new pilot programme
Effective August 20, it will last for approximately a year, the government notice said
- PUBLISHED: Mon 4 Aug 2025, 6:39 PM
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The US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist and business visas under a new pilot programme launching in two weeks, a US government notice said on Monday, an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who overstay their visas.
The program gives US consular officers the discretion to impose bonds on visitors from countries with high rates of visa overstays, according to a Federal Register notice. The bonds also could be applied to people coming from countries where screening and vetting information is deemed insufficient, the notice said.
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The new visa programme, effective August 20, will last for approximately a year, the government notice said.
The US government launched a similar pilot program in November 2020 during the last months of Trump's first term in office, but it was not fully implemented due to the drop in global travel associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the notice said.
