{"id":15958,"date":"2026-01-07T12:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/?p=15958"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:56:06","slug":"four-cbi-countries-face-us-visa-bond-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/four-cbi-countries-face-us-visa-bond-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Four CBI Countries Face US Visa Bond Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The State Department on Jan 6, has expanded list of countries subjected to Visa bonds. Among these 5 countries running citizenship by investment programs were included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Commonwealth of Dominica*<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Antigua and Barbuda*<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Vanuatu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Sao Tome and Principe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    *Countries also subjected to US Visa suspension<\/a> and additional scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Full List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Department of State has identified nationals from these countries<\/a> as needing visa bonds.\u00a0 The implementation dates are in parentheses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Algeria (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Angola\u00a0(January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Antigua and Barbuda (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Bangladesh (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Benin (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Bhutan (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Botswana (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Burundi (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Cabo Verde (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Central African Republic (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Cote D\u2019Ivorie (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Cuba (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Djibouti (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Dominica (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Fiji (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Gabon (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. The Gambia (October 11, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. Guinea (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    19. Guinea Bissau (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    20. Kyrgyzstan (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    21. Malawi (August 20, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    22. Mauritania (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    23. Namibia (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    24. Nepal (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    25. Nigeria (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    26. Sao Tome and Principe (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    27. Senegal (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    28. Tajikistan (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    29. Tanzania (October 23, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    30. Togo (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    31. Tonga (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    32. Turkmenistan (January 1, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    33. Tuvalu (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    34. Uganda (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    35. Vanuatu (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    36. Venezuela (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    37. Zambia (August 20, 2025)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    38. Zimbabwe (January 21, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1\/B2 visa, must post a bond for $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000. \u00a0The amount is determined at the time of the visa interview.\u00a0 The applicant must also submit a Department of Homeland Security Form I-352<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The State Department on Jan 6, has expanded list of countries subjected to Visa bonds. Among these 5 countries running citizenship by investment programs were included. *Countries also subjected to US Visa suspension and additional scrutiny. Full List The Department of State has identified nationals from these countries as needing visa bonds.\u00a0 The implementation dates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-visa-free-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15959,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958\/revisions\/15959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizenshipbyinvestment.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}