The new visa bond pilot program is scheduled to take effect on August 20. // Visitors required to make the bond payments will ...

Tourists and business travelers from Zambia and Malawi must pay a deposit of up to $15,000 when seeking a US visa, the State ...

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to ...

New visa bond proposal targets countries with high overstay rates, requiring $5,000-$15,000 bonds for business and tourist visa applications.

The State Department is preparing a plan for visa applicants from certain countries to post bonds guaranteeing that they will ...

As part of its crackdown on immigration, the U.S. State Department announced that it would start requiring travelers from ...

The U.S. State Department will ask some visa applicants to post a $15,000 bond but only for temporary stay visas for citizens ...

While India is not yet included in the new visa bond program, the country’s IT giants and tech consultancies — which send ...

A 12-month pilot program requiring financial guarantees will begin Aug. 20, 2025 The U.S. Department of State has announced a new visa bond pilot program that, while currently limited in scope, may ...

In 2023, Malay­sia recorded one of the lowest overstay rates among travellers to the United States as the country awaits ...

The proposed pilot program would require people from countries considered to have high overstay rates to post bonds of up to ...

Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached out to the Embassy of the United States of America to raise ...