Travel USA visa in passport close-up. American multi-entrance visa in passport.
Additionally, the department proposed that applicants for the Visa Diversity Lottery have a valid passport from their country.
The bond notice was previewed on the Federal Register website on Monday and said the pilot program will not take effect within 15 days of its publication. The notice also said the program is necessary to ensure the U.S. government is not financially liable if a visitor does not comply with the visitor’s visa terms.
"Aliens applying for visas as temporary visitors for business or pleasure 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," the notice read.
Once the program takes effect, the countries affected will be listed.
The notice also notes that the bond could be waived based on individual circumstances.
Citizens of countries enrolled in the Visa Waiver Program, which provides for business travel or tourism for up to 90 days, will not be required to pay the bond.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working on new policies surrounding visas, including requiring up to a $15,000 bond from visa applicants coming from foreign countries. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
There are 42 countries enrolled in the Visa Waiver Program, which includes countries from Europe and the Middle East.
While visa bonds have been proposed in the past, they have never been implemented.
Reasons the bonds have never been implemented include potential misperceptions by the public, and the argument that the process of posting and discharging the bond could become burdensome.
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