According to Reuters, changes regarding the $15,000 bond will take effect on April 2 for citizens of 12 new countries applying for B1 and B2 visas. The main goal of this initiative is to reduce the number of cases of overstaying visas. The bond will be refunded if the applicant leaves the U.S. within the specified time or decides to cancel the trip.
The list of new countries for which this rule is being introduced includes: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia.
Currently, 38 countries already adhere to a similar rule, including: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, the 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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