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DOS Update on Countries Subject to Visa Bonds

12/17/25 AILA Doc. No. 25121803. Consular Processing

DOS updated the list of countries subject to the visa bond pilot program established by the 8/5/26 temporary final rule to add Bhutan, Botswana, Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Namibia, and Turkmenistan, to be implemented 1/1/26.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 25121803.