Current Events > Trump to require $5 - $15k bond for some travelers with tourist visas

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A_Good_Boy
08/04/25 2:13:15 PM
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-could-require-up-15000-bonds-some-tourist-visas-under-pilot-program-2025-08-04/

The U.S. could require bonds of up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday, an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who overstay their visas.
The program gives U.S. consular officers the discretion to impose bonds on visitors from countries with high rates of visa overstays, according to a Federal Register notice. Bonds could also be applied to people coming from countries where screening and vetting information is deemed insufficient, the notice said.

President Donald Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a focus of his presidency, boosting resources to secure the border and arresting people in the U.S. illegally.
He issued a travel ban in June that fully or partially blocks citizens of 19 nations from entering the U.S. on national security grounds.
Trump's immigration policies have led some visitors to skip travel to the United States. Transatlantic airfares dropped to rates last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic in May and travel from Canada and Mexico to the U.S. fell by 20% year-over-year.

Effective August 20, the new visa program will last for approximately a year, the government notice said. Consular officers will have three options for visa applicants subjected to the bonds: $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, but will generally be expected to require at least $10,000, it said.
The funds will be returned to travelers if they depart in accordance with the terms of their visas, the notice said.

A similar pilot program was launched in November 2020 during the last months of Trump's first term in office, but it was not fully implemented due to the drop in global travel associated with the pandemic, the notice said.
The State Department was unable to estimate the number of visa applicants who could be affected by the change. Many of the countries targeted by Trump's travel ban also have high rates of visa overstays, including Chad, Eritrea, Haiti, Myanmar and Yemen.

Numerous countries in Africa, including Burundi, Djibouti and Togo also had high overstay rates, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data from fiscal year 2023.
A provision in a sweeping spending package passed in the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in July also created a $250 "visa integrity fee" for anyone approved for a non-immigrant visa that could potentially be reimbursable for those who comply with visa rules. The $250 fee goes into effect on October 1.

Tourism, who needs it?

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Biofighter55
08/04/25 2:14:32 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-could-require-up-15000-bonds-some-tourist-visas-under-pilot-program-2025-08-04/

Tourism, who needs it?

were already losing money due to lack of tourism they will effectively kill it


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jefffan
08/04/25 2:20:08 PM
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A whole bunch of tourist cities are in trouble.


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AsucaHayashi
08/04/25 2:22:45 PM
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Somehow i think its all part of the plan.

make it an insufferable place to visit for foreigners, oust/imprison all non-white minorities and the new reicht has risen

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xAzNPimP4LiFex
08/04/25 2:28:07 PM
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some of your rich donors arent gonna be very happy Trumpy. especially some of your Vegas ones.

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divot1338
08/04/25 2:30:50 PM
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Motherfucker has ruined us.

*tears shirt*

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Southernfatman
08/04/25 2:32:36 PM
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xAzNPimP4LiFex posted...
some of your rich donors arent gonna be very happy Trumpy. especially some of your Vegas ones.

They won't be happy, but they'll sit there and take it like every other American.

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creativerealms
08/04/25 2:34:26 PM
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RuN tHe CoUnTrY lIkE a BuSiNeSs

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A_Good_Boy
08/04/25 2:36:00 PM
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creativerealms posted...
RuN tHe CoUnTrY lIkE a BuSiNeSs
Trump's running it like his businesses, so expect more bankrupt casinos.

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Tyranthraxus
08/04/25 2:36:11 PM
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xAzNPimP4LiFex posted...
some of your rich donors arent gonna be very happy Trumpy. especially some of your Vegas ones.
Those guys are going to be exempt and even if they weren't they can post the bond easily.

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masterpug53
08/04/25 2:36:51 PM
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Soon enough the entire inland landmass of Florida will need to be covered in sugarcane just to make ends meet (and with all the enviromental havoc that will bring).

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masterpug53
08/04/25 2:38:04 PM
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creativerealms posted...
RuN tHe CoUnTrY lIkE a BuSiNeSs

"What businesses did he run, exactly?"

- how to get a Republican to shut the fuck up for five wonderful seconds

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voldothegr8
08/04/25 2:41:28 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Those guys are going to be exempt and even if they weren't they can post the bond easily.
They're referring to the hit Vegas has taken on account of tourism being severely down, and it's going to get worse. That means less money for the Trump donationing casino moguls.

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jefffan
08/04/25 2:42:18 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Soon enough the entire inland landmass of Florida will need to be covered in sugarcane just to make ends meet (and with all the enviromental havoc that will bring).
Florida ( and SC where I am) will be ok because racist Northerners won't keep their asses in Michigan and Ohio.

Myrtle Beach should welcome this news though as it'll give them an opportunity to end the bed bug infestation.

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Blue_Target
08/04/25 2:48:50 PM
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Welp, RIP Las Vegas

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Takuya_Lee
08/04/25 2:50:55 PM
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Southernfatman posted...
They won't be happy, but they'll sit there and take it like every other American.

I wouldn't be so sure. And also not every American is taking this. We are fighting back however we can.

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mystic_belmont
08/04/25 2:56:08 PM
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Vegas will be very happy about this. Why wouldn't they want for Trump to take $15k from possible gambling?

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Tyranthraxus
08/04/25 4:05:32 PM
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mystic_belmont posted...
Vegas will be very happy about this. Why wouldn't they want for Trump to take $15k from possible gambling?

It's bond for a visa. You get it back when you leave the country as long as your visa isn't expired.

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Rob_the_Ninja
08/04/25 4:07:32 PM
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mystic_belmont posted...
Vegas will be very happy about this.

Guess he wants to bankrupt even more casinos, not just his own.
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A_Good_Boy
08/04/25 4:08:51 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
It's bond for a visa. You get it back when you leave the country as long as your visa isn't expired.
Right, which is money they won't be spending on goods and services in Vegas.

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SaikyoStyle
08/04/25 4:10:13 PM
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This is why you dont let Nazis run your country.

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mybbqrules
08/04/25 6:48:48 PM
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Remember when dummies spent almost a decade believing this fucking moron would fix everything?

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jefffan
08/04/25 6:56:43 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Right, which is money they won't be spending on goods and services in Vegas.
And there's no chance in hell I'm coughing up $15k in the off chance they'll "give it back"

They will steal your money just like the Russians did when those Canadians moved there.

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Prismsblade
08/04/25 7:00:51 PM
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Blue_Target posted...
Welp, RIP Las Vegas
According to the Vegas sub Reddit at least tourism is down(11%) apparently but its still very much packed there. Just not as much so.

I may actually visit there this year cus Ive never been.

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Arcanine2009
08/04/25 7:03:58 PM
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This is insane.. Dude is running the country to the ground. Really doubt they would give the money back either.

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2001mark
08/04/25 7:10:52 PM
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lols!
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refmon
08/04/25 7:13:21 PM
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Could Whales save US tourism?

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Heineken14
08/04/25 7:14:55 PM
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Just in time for the 2 biggest sporting events on the planet! lol

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SSj4Wingzero
08/04/25 7:22:27 PM
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Southernfatman posted...
They won't be happy, but they'll sit there and take it like every other American.

And then they'll blame it on trans people cause that's what right-wingers seem to do

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Funkydog
08/04/25 7:35:36 PM
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Tourism will die overnight.

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dotsdfe
08/04/25 7:37:10 PM
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Blue_Target posted...
Welp, RIP Las Vegas

Honestly, it's already kind of getting there.

Evo happened this last weekend in Vegas, and I saw a lot of pics of things from my FGC friends. The place is dead as hell. Tons of places are nearly empty.

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Sandalorn
08/04/25 7:38:54 PM
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jefffan posted...
And there's no chance in hell I'm coughing up $15k in the off chance they'll "give it back"


This SO MUCH. Any idiot that thinks Trump or his Administration will keep their promise when it comes to money deserves it.
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Starks
08/04/25 7:43:29 PM
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Trump won't be happy until he removes the visa waiver program and imposes these fees on Europe, Japan, Korea, etc too.

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bfslick50
08/04/25 7:47:02 PM
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Working hard to destroy the tourism industry.

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Starks
08/04/25 7:56:49 PM
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It really sucks how fragile some economies are. You take all that time to build a sphere, but then realize you're on the path to being the next Atlantic City.

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SSj4Wingzero
08/04/25 7:58:13 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
It's bond for a visa. You get it back when you leave the country as long as your visa isn't expired.

And I'm sure the Trump administration is *totally* going to keep their word, because they've shown themselves to be great people with integrity thus far

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Tyranthraxus
08/04/25 10:15:21 PM
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SSj4Wingzero posted...
And I'm sure the Trump administration is *totally* going to keep their word, because they've shown themselves to be great people with integrity thus far

The administration definitely isn't gonna be collecting that bond that shit is getting outsourced 100% to one of their private prison buddies or other bondsman.

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SSj4Wingzero
08/04/25 11:59:19 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The administration definitely isn't gonna be collecting that bond that shit is getting outsourced 100% to one of their private prison buddies or other bondsman.

And of course one of those private prison companies will have high-level GOP donors or politicians on the board and nobody will care because there's no integrity anymore

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Kalk
08/05/25 1:50:32 AM
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Yikes, tourism jobs are dead now in America.

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StopBeinMad
08/07/25 1:59:54 PM
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Hopefully he backpedals on this too
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StarSpangled
08/08/25 12:08:20 PM
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Florida is going to feel this.

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