Rule 5 Aug 2025 business travel, foreign policy, immigration, state department, bond requirements, visa, aliens, passports and visas, administrative practice and procedure, compliance

🌍Visa Bond Pilot Program 2025

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 requirement, may be subject to the pilot program. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $15,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers.

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Notice 20 May 2025 visa, medical examination, department of state, compliance, immigration

🏥60-Day Notice for Proposed Medical Examination Information Collection

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

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Notice 17 Apr 2025 visa, public health, medical examination, immigration, regulation

🏥Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Visa Medical Examinations

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

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