According to Reuters, the United States is introducing a requirement for a $15,000 bond for citizens of 12 new countries applying for a visa.
These changes affect B1 and B2 visas, intended for business trips and tourism, and will take effect on April 2, as clarified by the State Department. The main goal of the new measure is to reduce the number of cases where visas are used in violation of the duration of stay. The bond will be refunded if the applicant leaves the territory of the U.S. on time or decides to cancel the trip.
The list of new countries to which these rules apply includes Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia.
The existing list already includes 38 countries: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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