Trump administration provides $250 visa payment for overseas guests Oct 1

The Trump administration continues to take a more durable stance on overseas guests with a “visa integrity fee” to be carried out on Oct. 1. 

The payment would cost non-immigrant vacationers visiting the U.S. $250 due on the time visas are issued and was enacted as a part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Countries corresponding to Mexico, China, and Brazil will tackle essentially the most warmth, with the associated fee for non-visa waiver international locations now nearing $442, per the U.S. Travel Association.

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The largest numbers of worldwide guests in May had been from Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil, in response to the International Inbound Travel Association.

Gabe Rizzi, international journey administration firm Altour president, instructed Reuters that “any friction we add to the traveler experience is going to cut travel volumes by some amount.”

“As the summer ends, this will become a more pressing issue, and we’ll have to factor the fees into travel budgets and documentation,” Rizzi added.

Overseas guests to the U.S. dropped 3.1% in July from the identical time final yr, in response to Reuters. 

The new payment comes because the U.S. prepares to host America250 occasions, the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup matches.

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“International visitor spending to the U.S. is projected to fall to just under $169BN this year, down from $181BN in 2024,” notes a World Travel & Tourism Council report.

Tourism Economics director of business research Aran Ryan instructed Reuters that abroad journey to the U.S. this yr would develop over 10% yr over yr, however the newest projections now present a 3% decline.

The U.S. isn’t alone—international locations worldwide are including entry charges and tightening screening to capitalize on tourism whereas cracking down on abuse.

The British authorities just lately rolled out an “Electronic Travel Authorization” (ETA) that digitizes vacationers’ requests to go to the nation whereas paying a payment of about $13. 

The ETAs are linked to a traveler’s passport in an effort to clean safety checks and “prevent abuse” of the immigration system.

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On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed a rule to restrict the size of time worldwide college students can stay within the U.S. for his or her research to 4 years and the period of visas for cultural alternate guests and members of the media.

The rule would restrict how lengthy sure visa holders are allowed to remain within the U.S., in response to a press launch from the Department of Homeland Security.

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It seeks to curb “visa abuse” and enhance the company’s capacity to “properly vet and oversee these individuals.”

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion and Reuters contributed reporting.