UPDATE: U.S FINALIZES $20,000 VISA BOND POLICY AFFECTING NIGERIA AND 49 OTHER NATIONS. (PHOTO).
U.S Finalizes $20,000 Visa Bond Policy Affecting Nigeria and 49 Other Nations The United States government has officially formalized its visa bond policy, making it a permanent measure that could require travelers from 50 designated countries, including Nigeria, to pay a refundable bond of up to $20,000 before receiving certain visas. First introduced as a pilot scheme in 2025, the policy targets applicants seeking B1 and B2 visas, which are designated for business and tourism. According to the U.S. Department of State, the initiative is designed to bolster compliance with local immigration laws and drastically reduce visa overstay rates. How the Visa Bond Policy Works Under the permanent guidelines, U.S. consular officers have the discretion to instruct eligible applicants to post a bond as a prerequisite for visa issuance. However, U.S. authorities have clarified that the financial requirement will not be applied automatically to every traveler from the listed nations. Data anal...
Yesterday thursday,the Nation Newspaper,published a story of a bride identified as Oluwatunmise Adejube,an HND1 Accountancy student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic,Owo {RUGIPO},Ondo state,who wrote exams on her wedding day.She created a scene when she breezed into the examination hall in her flowing wedding gown.She was accompanied by a group of ladies,who formed her bridal train and they stormed the school in a convoy of three exotic cars.Few hours after she said yes i do to her husband Adesina,she hurriedly left the Owo Local Government Area where she got married and she rushed to the school for her Higher National Diploma {HND}1 examination.Other students in the exam hall started laughing because they were really not expecting a bride fully dressed for a wedding,to writing exams with them.After writing the exams,she told the pressmen that she had no choice than to leave the court room to write the paper,stressing that her education was as important to her as her marriage.''When the wedding date was fixed some months ago,nobody knew it would clash with my second semester examination.What appears to be a saving grace for me is that,both the wedding and examination are taking place in the same town.If otherwise,i would have missed the three unit paper and carry it automatically''.Her husband Adesina said ''Ireally praised her dogged determination.It was like a tug of war because she had to prepare for her exam and ran around for the wedding at the same time.Now that the confusion is over,i gave thanks to God for making it easy for us''.I remember back in those days,during Bar exams in Lagos campus,a lady was in labour and use that labour to write exams.Another Lady,gave birth a day before Bar exams and the next day i saw her in the exam hall.But we thank God as we all were called to the Nigeria Bar,as a lawyer.
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