The State Department is looking over this idea to connect to tourist and student visas....a $15,000 'bond'.
If you over-stay....they keep the bond, and upon arrest....you get sent out (deported) and can't re-enter for a decade.
How many people violate the student/tourist situation? Unknown. I would be guessing....in the past....maybe in the 20,000 range (per year).
If so....that's $300-Million a year that they would generate.
How much would the bond cost? No one says much about this, but I would imagine that bond-companies would want a minimum of $1k (probably off a credit card) to cover the bond, and the cost factor is a $100 fee.
Would this lessen tourism? Yeah, I'm of the mind that a German, or Italian....would say no to visiting the US.
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German and Italian tourists are notorious for over-staying their visas?
Scoundrels!
What next... doing an end-run around the Maginot Line of pill-boxes and sharing some pasta in celebration!
The whole thing smacks of BureauOfJustifyingOurExistence have too much time on their hands...
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