Given that cash is not suitable for these amounts, I don’t see a viable way for visitors to claim their money back unless they have a US bank account; which might be applicable to a select amount of business travelers.
This means that legitimate tourists will stop coming. And the bond essentially becomes the price of over staying your visa.
john01dav•6mo ago
While I don't trust this administration to do so (nor am I sure that they won't), there are absolutely ways that the US government can deposit money in foreign countries. As a base case, there are many companies that they could simply hire to do so (from those that mostly do remittances to those that do B2B transactions for international commerce).
namibj•6mo ago
Yeah, don't see why a simple SWIFT wire shouldn't be an option.
ta12653421•6mo ago
in the very last second, they could use the global DOD Community Bank, which is more or less the military's global financial network, having full banking license in most of the countries they are operating in, incl. connectivity by SWIFT etc.
csomar•6mo ago
They hardly figured that out for the visa itself. At least last time I applied. It’s not about whether it’s technically feasible but whether the US government can figure it out.
You also have to think about it from the perspective of a real, legitimate tourist: Would you risk $15k just to see the USA?
thewileyone•6mo ago
Good luck getting that bond back when you leave.
burnt-resistor•6mo ago
How to simultaneously tell the world "Get off my lawn" and "Go away, tourists and talented people" in yet another form of agro, xenophobic hostility.
BoredPositron•6mo ago
Another way to profit from the tech visa slave scam. Maybe they can save some bucks for fuel if they let them row?
mitchbob•6mo ago