Starting April 2, citizens of Mongolia will be required to pay a bond of up to $15,000 when applying for visas to the USA. This was reported by MiddleAsianNews.
According to information from the U.S. Department of State, the updated list of countries includes 38 nations whose citizens must pay a bond when applying for a visa. As a result of recent changes that took place on March 18, the number of countries has increased to 50.
Now foreign applicants from these countries will have to pay a bond of $15,000 to obtain B1 or B2 visas, which are intended for business and tourist trips to the USA. The bond will be refunded to those who return to their home country in accordance with the terms of the visa.
The pilot program regarding the visa bond was launched by the State Department in August 2025. It only covers business and tourist visas (B-1 and B-2 categories) for citizens of those countries where a high level of illegal overstays in the USA is recorded.
New countries in the Visa Bond program:
The recently added countries include Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia.
These states join the already existing 38 countries that were previously included in the program. These include 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.
