‘This was not a considerate train’: US Travel Association CEO on new $250 visa price to go to US

The United States would require worldwide guests to pay a brand new “visa integrity fee” of not less than $250, added to present visa prices, based on a provision within the Trump administration’s just lately enacted home coverage invoice.
The price will apply to all guests who’re required to acquire nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. This contains many leisure and enterprise vacationers, worldwide college students and different momentary guests. In fiscal yr 2024, the US issued almost 11 million nonimmigrant visas, based on State Department figures.

The U.S. Travel Association, a nationwide nonprofit group geared toward growing journey to and throughout the United States, praised different components of the home coverage invoice that might spend money on modernizing customs and air visitors management, however referred to as the brand new visa price “a giant leap backwards.” According to U.S. Travel’s calculation, the price would enhance the “upfront costs” of visiting the US by 144%.

CNN’s Richard Quest speaks with U.S. Travel Association CEO Geoff Freeman on "Quest Means Business." #CNN #News