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The US will begin charging a $250 "Visa Integrity Fee" to most foreign nationals applying for a visa. [More inside] (archive.is)
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The idea is that this $250 acts like a compliance bond. If a visitor departs the U.S. on time or legally changes their status (for example, switching to a work or student visa making arrangements in a timely manner) then the rebate should be available. However, the refund process remains unclear, and immigration lawyers warn it could involve months of paperwork, delays, or even denials if technicalities aren’t followed.

If you’re helping a family member plan a visit—perhaps to attend a wedding, meet a newborn, or explore university options—you should know they will have to pay the new Visa Integrity fee upfront, along with their visa application. They may never see that money again, depending on how the refund rules are implemented. If they breach any visa condition—even accidentally—they forfeit the refund. That results in higher financial risk and extra paperwork for otherwise simple visits.

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[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Mark my words: they're going to use the money they collect to do the same that supermarkets do. Supermarkets try their best to pay suppliers after like 6 months after they've sold their stock, and in the meantime they use that money to gamble on the stock market, making more money out of the supplier's money.

The US gov is going to try to do this but because they're incompetent buffoons they're going to dump it all on raw milk futures or some crypto scam, and lose it all.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

The US gov is going to try to do this but because they’re incompetent buffoons they’re going to dump it all on raw milk futures or some crypto scam, and lose it all

US govt can print all the USD they want, this is probably govt padding some administration fief complied with xenophobia.

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