Nations Topic to Visa Bonds

The Department of State has recognized nationals of the next international locations as topic to visa bonds, as outlined in INA Section 221(g)(3) and the not too long ago revealed Temporary Final Rule (TFR) establishing the pilot program, based mostly on their B1/B2 overstay price per the Department of Homeland Security’s FY 2023 Overstay Report.

Starting August 20, 2025, any citizen or nationwide touring on a passport issued by one in all these international locations who’s discovered in any other case eligible for a B1/B2 visa should put up a bond in quantities of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000,  decided at time of visa interview.  The applicant should additionally submit a Department of Homeland Security Form I-352 agreeing to the phrases of the bond, by way of the Department of the Treasury’s on-line cost platform Pay.gov.  This requirement applies no matter place of software.  

Applicants ought to solely submit a Form I-352 to put up a bond after being directed to take action by a consular officer.  Applicants will likely be supplied a direct hyperlink and should pay by way of Pay.gov – candidates should not use any third-party web site for posting the bond because the U.S. Government will not be chargeable for any cash paid outdoors of U.S. Government programs.  

A bond doesn’t assure visa issuance, and if any particular person pays charges with out being directed to take action by a consular officer, that cash won’t be returned. 

Required Ports of Entry

As a situation of the bond, all visa holders who’ve posted a visa bond should arrive to and depart from the United States by way of one of many ports of entry listed under.  Failure to take action could end in being denied entry or a departure not being appropriately registered:

Visa Bond Compliance

The full visa bond quantity will likely be returned to the applicant if the applicant complies with all of the phrases of the nonimmigrant visa standing and with the phrases of the visa bond, that are set out on the bond type (Department of Homeland Security’s Form I-352 Immigration Bonds) and within the Federal Register.  The bond will likely be canceled and the bond cash will likely be mechanically returned within the following circumstances:

Visa Bond Breach

The Department of Homeland Security is chargeable for figuring out {that a} visa holder has breached the phrases of the visa bond.  The Department of State will ahead circumstances during which the visa holder seems to not have complied with the phrases of the visa bond to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for a breach willpower, together with, however not restricted to, the next circumstances:

• The visa holder stays within the United States after the date to which she or he is allowed to stay, and doesn’t depart,