{"id":9480,"date":"2026-01-07T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9480\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:58:07","slug":"us-visa-bond-some-nigerians-may-pay-15000-to-visit-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9480\/","title":{"rendered":"US Visa Bond: Some Nigerians May Pay $15,000 to Visit America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/695e5a54e0beb.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The United States has introduced a new &#8220;visa bond&#8221; pilot program that could require some Nigerian travellers to pay between $5,000 and $15,000 before they are granted a visa.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The program is designed to stop people from &#8220;overstaying&#8221; their visas.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">An overstay happens when a person enters the U.S. legally but does not leave when their permitted time is up.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The bond acts like a security deposit; if the traveller leaves the U.S. on time, the money is returned. However, if they stay too long, the U.S. government keeps the money.<\/p>\n<p>This new rule does not affect everyone.<\/p>\n<p>It mainly targets people applying for tourist and business visas (B-1 and B-2 visas) from countries where a high number of citizens have overstayed in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria is one of the countries on this list.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials explained that the goal is to make sure people follow the law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bond is a way to ensure that travellers have a strong reason to return home,&#8221; a report stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian government has not yet made an official statement on how it will respond to this new travel requirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States has introduced a new &#8220;visa bond&#8221; pilot program that could require some Nigerian travellers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6569,1028,311,6568,122,6567,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-9480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-conversation","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-lets-talk","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-nigeria-info-fm","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}