New $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ to be imposed on millions of travelers under Trump’s latest immigration crackdown
The Trump administration applies a $ 250 visa integrity fee for travelers who come to the United States as part of continuous immigration pressures.
The new visa fee, which will enter into force on October 1, adds an additional obstacle to travelers from non -VISA waiver countries such as Mexico, Argentina, India, Brazil and China.
According to the US Travel Association, the extra fee increases the total visa cost to $ 442, one of the highest visitor fees in the world.
Tourists are expected to pay the one -time cost when visas. Trump’s great beautiful Bill law was brought under the umbrella.
However, this movement may be destructive to the patient tourism sector, which has already felt the pressure of President Donald Trump’s policies.
Trump’s hostility and tariff policies with leaders from various countries have also seen some tourists – especially those coming from Canada – a promise to boycott American holidays.
According to government data, the overseas fell to 19.2 million visitors by 3.1 % annually traveling to the United States.
Trump’s hostility and tariff policies with leaders from various countries – some tourists – especially those from Canada – promised to boycott American holidays
The Trump administration applies a new ‘visa integrity fee’ for travelers who come to the United States as part of continuous immigration pressures.
It was the fifth month of this year’s decline, and 2025 challenged the expectations that annual visitors have finally exceeded the 79.4 million pandemic level.
Global Travel Management Company Altour President Gabe Rizzi, “ “ traveler experience to add any friction travel volumes will cut a little, ” he said.
‘As summer is over, this will become a more urgent problem and we have to include wages in travel budgets and documents.’
The latest visa fee is likely to hit the most in the Central and South American countries, a rare bright point for us this year.
According to the National Travel and Tourism Office, as of May, travel from Mexico to the United States increased by 14% in 2025.
The arrival from Argentina rose to 20% and 4.6% from Brazil. In general, travel from Central America grew by 3% compared to a 2.3% decrease from Western Europe and 0.7% from South America.
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, international visitors in the US are expected to fall below $ 169 billion this year.
Visa fees, immigration policies, reducing foreign aids, and even as a target of America – 2026 FIFA World Cup and Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, even with major activities in the United States strengthens the US perception of the United States within the scope of Trump.
According to the National Travel and Tourism Office, travel from Mexico to the US increased by 14% in 2025
On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed a government regulation aimed at tightening the visa time for students, cultural exchange visitors and media members.
And only two months ago, Trump imposed a travel ban that limited the arrival of tourists from 12 Africa and the Middle East.
The forbidden Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Ecuador Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen were applied.
Furthermore, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, which is outside the United States and do not have a valid visa, imposes more restrictions.
Trump said that the affected countries had a ‘missing’ screening for passports and other public documents, or that he had historically refused to take back his own citizens.
The authority relied on an annual internal security report of the people staying in the US after the expiry of their visas.
Trump also attributed this ban to a terrorist attack in Colorado, and underlined the dangers of some of the visitors who visited the visa.
