The US State Department has announced plans to make a visa bond program permanent. This program affects applicants from certain countries, with mostly African countries impacted. The program requires these applicants to pay a bond in order to secure a visa.
Details of the program are available from the State Department. For more information on this development, readers can refer to the source, KTVU FOX 2 News, which reported on the plan to make the program permanent.
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