From Zambia and Malawi to the USA? First, pay 15,000 dollars of the deposit

The State Department announced on Wednesday that citizens of Zambia and Malawi applying for tourist and business visas will have to pay up to 15,000. dollars of the deposit under the pilot program. A similar solution can be applied to countries that citizens often stay in the US after the visa expires.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Diplomacy Tammy Bruce announced a new decision on Tuesday.

– From August 20, citizens of Malawi and Zambia applying for visas B1, B2, business and tourist will have to pay a deposit of up to $ 15,000. This focused, based on common sense, strengthens the involvement of administration in compliance with the US immigration law, and at the same time scares away from staying after the visa expires.

According to an advertisement published in the Federal Register Official Journal, with the amount of deposit paid – it can be 5.10 or 15 thousand. hole. – Consular officials will decide during a conversation with people applying for visas. B1 and B2 are basic visas for planning a short -term stay in the USA.

It is a pilot program, so far covering only two countries, but in the future other countries can be covered by other countries whose citizens in large numbers do not return to their country after the expiry of the visa. As a representative of the ministry, quoted by the Reuters agency said on Monday, the countries will be elected for a high indicator of exceeding the date of stay, imperfect procedure in the field of identity control and verification, fears and reasons for foreign policy.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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