Foreign Tourists Will Soon Have to Pay a $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ to Visit the US; New $250 'visa integrity fee' to be Imposed On Millions of Travelers Under Trump's Latest Immigration Crackdown

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Foreign tourists will soon have to pay a $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ to visit the US:

The Trump administration continues to take a harder stance on foreign visitors with a “visa integrity fee” to be implemented on Oct. 1.

The fee would charge non-immigrant travelers visiting the US $250 due at the time visas are issued and was enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Countries such as Mexico, China, and Brazil will take on the most heat, with the cost for non-visa waiver countries now nearing $442, per the US Travel Association.

The largest numbers of international visitors in May were from Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil, according to the International Inbound Travel Association.

Gabe Rizzi, global travel management company Altour president, told Reuters that “any friction we add to the traveler experience is going to cut travel volumes by some amount.”

“As the summer ends, this will become a more pressing issue, and we’ll have to factor the fees into travel budgets and documentation,” Rizzi added.

Overseas visitors to the US dropped 3.1% in July from the same time last year, according to Reuters. --->READ MORE HERE

New $250 'visa integrity fee' to be imposed on millions of travelers under Trump's latest immigration crackdown:

The Trump administration is implementing a new $250 'visa integrity fee' on travelers arriving in the United States as part of a continued immigration crackdown.

The new visa fee, set to go into effect on October 1, adds an additional hurdle for travelers from non-visa waiver countries like Mexico, Argentina, India, Brazil and China.

The extra charge raises the total visa cost to $442, one of the highest visitor fees in the world, according to the US Travel Association.

Tourists would be expected to pay the one-off cost at the time their visa is issued. It was brought in under the umbrella of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act.

But the move could be devastating to the ailing tourism sector, which is already feeling the pressure of President Donald Trump's policies.

Trump's hostility with leaders from several nations and his tariff policies have also seen some tourists - particularly those from Canada - vow to boycott American vacations.

Overseas travel to the US fell 3.1 percent year-on-year in July to 19.2 million visitors, according to government data.

It was the fifth month of decline this year, defying expectations that 2025 would see annual inbound visitors finally surpass the pre-pandemic level of 79.4 million. --->READ MORE HERE

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