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There were 10,000,000 non-immigrant visitors in 2023, looks like another way BBB raising a couple of billion thru the back door.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-visa-integrity-fee-250-big-beautiful-bill-who-pays/
Many travelers to the U.S. are now subject to a new $250 "visa integrity fee," part of the tax cuts and spending law signed by President Trump on July 4.
The fee is effective in the current federal fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, 2024, and ends on Sept. 30, 2025, according to the text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For subsequent years, the amount will be adjusted for inflation, the law states.
The fee applies to visitors who come to the U.S. on nonimmigrant visas, such as foreign students attending American universities or workers who receive temporary work visas such as the H-1B, which is often used by companies to hire foreign engineers or other skilled workers.
In 2023, the U.S. issued more than 10 million nonimmigrant visas, according to data from the U.S. State Department.
Visa holders subjected to the fee may later be reimbursed as long as they comply with their visa's restrictions, such as leaving the U.S. within five days of the visa's expiration, according to the new law. However, the law doesn't specify how visa holders may apply for reimbursement of the fee, nor how the fee will be collected.
@congruent saidtourism to the US took a dive, especially from Europe and Canada. it will continue to do so and this will just be another factor
There were 10,000,000 non-immigrant visitors in 2023, looks like another way BBB raising a couple of billion thru the back door.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-visa-integrity-fee-250-big-beautiful-bill-who-pays/
Many travelers to the U.S. are now subject to a new $250 "visa integrity fee," part of the tax cuts and spending law signed by President Trump on July 4.
...[text shortened]... specify how visa holders may apply for reimbursement of the fee, nor how the fee will be collected.