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title: 'Visas: Visa Bond Program'
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summary: This rule finalizes the temporary final rule that went into effect on August
  20, 2025, which launched a 12-month long Visa Bond Pilot Program (Pilot Program),
  and establishes a permanent visa bond program. An alien applying for a visa as a
  temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) may be required to submit a
  bond ("visa bond") to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status
  and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa
  applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined
  by the consular officers.
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summary_en: This rule finalizes the temporary final rule that went into effect on
  August 20, 2025, which launched a 12-month long Visa Bond Pilot Program (Pilot Program),
  and establishes a permanent visa bond program. An alien applying for a visa as a
  temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) may be required to submit a
  bond ("visa bond") to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status
  and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa
  applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined
  by the consular officers.
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# Visas: Visa Bond Program

## TL;DR
This rule finalizes the temporary final rule that went into effect on August 20, 2025, which launched a 12-month long Visa Bond Pilot Program (Pilot Program), and establishes a permanent visa bond program. An alien applying for a visa as a temporary visitor for business or pleasure (B-1/B-2) may be required to submit a bond ("visa bond") to ensure that the alien maintains his or her nonimmigrant status and departs as required. Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance, as determined by the consular officers.

## Key Points
- Administrative practice and procedure / Aliens / Passports and visas

## Details
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## Source
元記事: [Visas: Visa Bond Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15726/visas-visa-bond-program) — published 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z