{"id":3454,"date":"2026-08-10T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:00:36","slug":"countries-subject-to-visa-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/countries-subject-to-visa-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries Subject to Visa Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This final rule is effective August 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Department of State has identified nationals from roughly 50 designated high-overstay countries that will be subject to visa bonds:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Algeria (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angola\u00a0(January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antigua and Barbuda (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bangladesh (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benin (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bhutan (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Botswana (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burundi (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cabo Verde (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cambodia (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central African Republic (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cote D\u2019Ivoire (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cuba (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Djibouti (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dominica (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethiopia (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiji (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gabon (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gambia (October 11, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Georgia (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grenada (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guinea (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guinea-Bissau (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kyrgyz Republic (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesotho (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malawi (August 20, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mauritania (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mauritius (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mongolia (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozambique (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Namibia (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nepal (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicaragua (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nigeria (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Papua New Guinea (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sao Tome and Principe (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senegal (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seychelles (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tajikistan (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanzania (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Togo (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tonga (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tunisia (April 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turkmenistan (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuvalu (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uganda (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vanuatu (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venezuela (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zambia (August 20, 2025)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An alien applying for a visa as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1\/B-2) may be required to submit a bond (visa bond) to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visa overstay rates are based on the B1\/B2 overstay rates per the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/countries-subject-to-visa-bonds.html#ExternalPopup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entry\/Exit Overstay Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1\/B2 visa, may be required to submit a bond to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers during the visa interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The applicant must also submit a Department of Homeland Security Form I-352.&nbsp; Applicants must agree to the terms of the bond through the Department of the Treasury\u2019s online payment platform Pay.gov. &nbsp;This requirement applies regardless of place of application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deposit is fully refunded if the traveler adheres to their nonimmigrant status, departs the U.S. on time, or files a proper extension\/change of status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money is forfeited if the visitor overstays their authorized time or applies for unauthorized humanitarian or asylum status while in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Notice:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-15726.pdf\">https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-15726.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This final rule is effective August 3, 2026 The Department of State has identified nationals from roughly 50 designated high-overstay countries that will be subject to visa bonds: An alien applying for a visa as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1\/B-2) may be required to submit a bond (visa bond) to ensure that [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationcompliancegroup.com\/immigration-compliance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}