{"id":82522,"date":"2025-08-07T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=82522"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:00:05","slug":"new-us-policy-requires-visa-bond-of-up-to-15000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/new-us-policy-requires-visa-bond-of-up-to-15000\/","title":{"rendered":"New US policy requires Visa bond of up to $15,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/trump-hikes-us-tariff-on-india-to-50-over-russian-oil-imports\/\">US<\/a> authorities have introduced a pilot program that requires submitting a visa bond worth $15,000 to obtain a US visa.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists and business visitors from Zambia and Malawi must pay a deposit of up to $15,000 when applying for a US visa, the State Department stated, in a measure reminiscent of a visa restriction for the African countries, which are among the world&#8217;s poorest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visa bond will be canceled and the bond money will be automatically returned in the following circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The visa holder departs from the United States on or before the date to which he or she is authorized to remain in the United States; or the visa holder does not travel to the United States before the expiration of the visa; or the visa holder applies for and is denied admission at the U.S. port of entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report says that those coming from countries whose people do not return to the US will now have to pay a bond of $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, those who return on time will get their money back, while the pilot program, which started on August 20, will continue for about a year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the United States of America will begin charging a $250 (approximately Rs. 71,338) \u201cvisa integrity fee\u201d to nonimmigrant visitors as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a bill passed by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The fee, set to take effect in fiscal year 2025 starting October 1, will apply to most foreign nationals seeking entry on nonimmigrant visas, including tourists, students, and business travelers.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security will have the authority to adjust the fee amount, which will increase with inflation in subsequent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The US authorities have introduced a pilot program that requires submitting a visa bond worth $15,000 to obtain a US visa. Tourists and business visitors from Zambia and Malawi must pay a deposit of up to $15,000 when applying for a US visa, the State Department stated, in a measure reminiscent of a visa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":67317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[875,30564],"class_list":["post-82522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-usa","tag-visa-bond"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82523,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82522\/revisions\/82523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}