US requires Zambia, Malawi residents to pay as much as $15,000 bond for some customer visas

WASHINGTON, – President Donald Trump’s administration would require visa candidates from Zambia and Malawi to pay bonds as much as $15,000 for some vacationer and enterprise visas underneath a pilot program launching in two weeks, the State Division stated on Tuesday.

“Beginning August 20, 2025, any citizen or nationwide touring on a passport issued by considered one of these nations who’s discovered in any other case eligible for a B1/B2 visa should submit a bond in quantities of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000, decided at time of visa interview,” the State Division stated in a discover on its web site.

A discover about this system, which provides U.S. consular officers worldwide the discretion to impose bonds on guests from nations with excessive charges of visa overstays, appeared on the Federal Register on Monday however no nation names had been talked about.

A State Division spokesperson on Monday stated nations could be recognized based mostly on “excessive overstay charges, screening and vetting deficiencies, issues relating to acquisition of citizenship by funding with no residency requirement, and international coverage issues.”

The spokesperson, talking on the situation of anonymity, stated the checklist of nations could also be up to date sometimes.

The bond quantity will probably be returned to the applicant if the applicant leaves the U.S. throughout the allowed window of time consistent with their visa and complies with all of the phrases of their visa standing.

President Donald Trump has made cracking down on unlawful immigration a spotlight of his presidency, boosting sources to safe the border and arresting people who find themselves within the U.S. illegally.

He issued a journey ban in June that totally or partially blocks residents of 19 nations from coming into the U.S. on nationwide safety grounds.

Quite a few nations in Africa, together with Burundi, Djibouti and Togo, additionally had excessive overstay charges, in response to U.S. Customs and Border Safety information from fiscal yr 2023.

Visa holders who’ve posted a visa bond should arrive and depart the USA by way of three particular ports of entry, the State Division discover stated on Tuesday. It listed these as Boston Logan Airport, John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport in New York and Washington Dulles Airport.

It warned that if such vacationers arrive or depart from wherever else, they might be denied entry or their departure might not be appropriately registered.

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