The State Department plans to require visa applicants from 12 more countries to pay a bond.

In a major tightening of visa rules, the US will now require travellers from 50 countries to pay a refundable bond of up to $15,000.

Changing the status from H-1B to B-1/B-2 visa has been considered as a safe and legal path to stay in the US when an H1-B visa holder loses their job. But now the USCIS is not allowing this, even if ...

Travelers from two more countries in the Western Hemisphere will be required to pay steep fees to come to the United States after being added to the State Department's ‘visa bond' program, the agency ...

Washington: The US is expanding its visa bond programme to cover 50 countries from April 2, requiring foreign nationals ...

Lawyers advise that a B-1/B-2 visa should not be used as a substitute simply because H-1B or H-4 appointments are unavailable. If the goal is to return to the US to work on H-1B or to live as an H-4 ...