The United States may require bonds of up to $ 15,000 for some tourist and commercial visas under a pilot program that is launched in two weeks, said a government notice on Monday, an effort that aims to take energetic measures against visitors who exceed their visas.
The program gives us consular officers the discretion of imposing bonds on visitors from countries with high visa supervision rates, according to a notice of the Federal Registry.
Bonds could also be applied to people who come from countries where detection and research information is considered insufficient, according to the notice.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has caused energetic measures against illegal immigration an approach to his presidency, promoting resources to ensure the border and arrest people in the country illegally.
He issued a trip prohibition in June that prevents citizens of 19 nations from entering the US for national security reasons. Trump’s immigration policies have taken some visitors to jump trips to the United States.
Transatlantic air rates fell to rates seen for the last time before the COVID-19 pandemic in May and travel from Canada and Mexico to the United States fell 20 percent year after year.
As of August 20, the new Visa program will last approximately one year, said the government notice. Consular officers will have three options for visa applicants submitted to bonds: $ 5,000, $ 10,000 or $ 15,000, but it is generally expected to require at least $ 10,000, he said.
A similar pilot program was launched in November 2020 during the last months of Trump’s first mandate, but it was not completely implemented due to the fall in global trips associated with the pandemic, according to the notice.
The State Department could not estimate the number of visa applicants who could be affected by the change. Many of the countries led by Trump’s travel ban also have high rates of excess visa, including Chad, Eritrea, Haiti, Myanmar and Yemen.
Numerous countries in Africa, including Burundi, Djibouti and Togo, also had high supervision rates, according to customs and border protection data. UU. From fiscal year 2023.
