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Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program
Published August 5, 2025. Takes effect August 20, 2025. printed at 90 FR 37378. amending 22 CFR 41.
Some visa seekers may be asked for a bond. This starts a trial of that.
What the Rule Says It Does
In this temporary final rule (TFR), the Department of State (the Department) announces the commencement of a 12-month long visa bond pilot program. Aliens applying for visas as temporary visitors for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) and who are nationals of countries identified by the Department as having high visa overstay rates, where screening and vetting information is deemed deficient, or offering Citizenship by Investment, if the alien obtained citizenship with no residency requirement, may be subject to the pilot program. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $15,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers.
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The Orders It Names
- Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion
- Executive Order 14161: Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
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- The rule itself
State Department, “Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program,” 90 FR 37378 (August 5, 2025). Effective August 20, 2025.
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“Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-14826/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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