This will give tourists an incentive not to overstay their visit. The State Department has announced a new program that will require some tourists from certain countries to post a bond up to $15,000 before entering the United States. The new bond program will be required for tourists who come from countries that have a high visa overstay rate. CBS reported more on the new visa bonds: The State Department is set to roll out a pilot program that may require foreign nationals from certain countries seeking business or tourism visas to post a bond of up to $15,000, according to a public notice set to be published Tuesday. The notice lays out the details of a 12-month “visa bond pilot program” that would allow consular officers to require visa bonds. Under the program, the bonds may be required for travelers from countries that the State Department says have high rates of visa overstays, or where screening and vetting information is considered deficient, according to the document. The notice does not specify the countries covered by the pilot program, but said the State Department will announce the list at least 15 days before it takes effect. The agency will also provide an explanation of why the bonds are required, according to the listing, which will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. The program will take effect 15 days after the notice is officially published and will run through August 2026, the document states. The program comes in response to an executive order issued by President Trump on the first day of his second term that sought to stem illegal immigration into the U.S., a major focus of the president’s policy agenda. The measure directed the treasury secretary, along with the secretaries of state and homeland security, to take action to implement a visa bond program. JUST IN: The State Department is considering requiring a $15,000 BOND for visa applicants coming to the U.S. So if you come and overstay your visa, you FORFEIT $15,000, get deported, and barred from re-entry for YEARS, possibly even permanently MUCH better! pic.twitter.com/6MvEMPU2tk — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 4, 2025 ABC News shared that the move by the State Department would mark the first time bonds were used in visa programs: The bond would not apply to citizens of countries enrolled in the Visa Waiver Program, which enables travel for business or tourism for up to 90 days. The majority of the 42 countries enrolled in the program are in Europe, with others in Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere. Visa bonds have been proposed in the past but have not been implemented. The State Department has traditionally discouraged the requirement because of the cumbersome process of posting and discharging a bond and because of a possible misperceptions by the public. However, the department said that previous view “is not supported by any recent examples or evidence, as visa bonds have not generally been required in any recent period.” VISA: Tourists from certain countrie like Chad, Eritrea, Haiti, Myanmar, Yemen, Burundi, Djibouti, and Togo have a tendency to overstay their visas. To discourage this Trump is requiring visa applicants from those countries to post $10K security bonds to ensure they leave on… pic.twitter.com/QelCvWFBuD — @amuse (@amuse) August 4, 2025