WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Department Of State has issued a rule called: Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 5 by John L. Armstrong, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Summary: In this temporary final rule (TFR), the Department of State (the Department) announces the commencement of a 12-month long visa bond pilot program. Aliens applying for visas as temporary visitors for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) 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...