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...
The EFCC yesterday thursday,July 28,2016,arraigned the former Coordinator of Afikpo South Local Government Development Center of Ebonyi state,Hon. Ugwuocha Okorafor,his Treasurer,Christian Chukwu Owo and the Administrative Officer,Mrs Anne Eke Agwu,before Justice E.A Ngene of the State High Court,Afikpo,Ebonyi State,on a 15 {Fifteen} count charge of conspiracy and stealing of public funds totalling over N25,000,000.00 {Twenty Five Million Naira Only}.Okoroafor and his alleged co-conspiratorts were said to have at various times between 2013 and 2015 raised vouchers for payments ranging from contract awards,salaries and independence day celebrations in the names of staff of the development centre who denied ever authorized such vouchers nor received such funds.Investigation into the matter which was reported by Center for Prevention of Corruption and Human Right Initiatives and some staff of the development centre revealed that the accused persons padded their salaries and that of other staff above the approved limits with the connivance of a staff of the bank where the local Government is domiciled.The sum of N16,000,000 and N8,000,000 were at different times traced to the accused person's account which upon interrogation,they could not justify the source.
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