It Is Official | The United States Could Return Up to $15,000 to Foreigners Who Processed the Visa and Meet Certain Mandatory Terms
Find out who can collect it and what the requirements are.
With the entry into force of the Section 221 (g)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in October and in accordance with the updates made by the authorities, citizens of 38 countries will have to pay a bond before applying for a visa under the B1/B2 categories.
This "visa bond" is a payment with the possibility of refund that is made before obtaining the document and that, as determined by the consular officer, can be up to 15,000 dollars.
As detailed by the State Department in an official statement, this measure applies to countries that have "visa overstay rates", that is, whose citizens remain in the country longer than allowed by the authorities.
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In that sense, nationals who want to travel with a passport from any of these countries will have to pay during their visa interview a bond of 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 dollars, as indicated by the officer.
"The full amount of the visa bond will be returned if the applicant complies with all the terms of their nonimmigrant visa status and the visa bond", authorities indicate.
With the implementation dates detailed in parentheses, the countries affected by this policy are
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It is important to note that many of them are currently undergoing a temporary suspension for visa processing, so their citizens will not be considered eligible. The application details and territories with a partial freeze on the document can be consulted by clicking here.
The terms that must be respected are specified in the Form I-352 and in the bond form. Thus, particularly the refund will take place when
As a condition of the measure, travelers from the aforementioned countries must enter and leave the country only through the following airports
