{"id":264182,"date":"2025-07-23T06:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-was-not-a-thoughtful-exercise-us-travel-association-ceo-on-new-250-visa-fee-to-visit-us\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:05:03","slug":"this-was-not-a-thoughtful-exercise-us-travel-association-ceo-on-new-250-visa-fee-to-visit-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-was-not-a-thoughtful-exercise-us-travel-association-ceo-on-new-250-visa-fee-to-visit-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This was not a thoughtful exercise&#8217;: US Travel Association CEO on new $250 visa fee to visit US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kKLFHR7y9LM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'This was not a thoughtful exercise': US Travel Association CEO on new $250 visa fee to visit US\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kKLFHR7y9LM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The United States will require international visitors to pay a new \u201cvisa integrity fee\u201d of at least $250, added to existing visa costs, according to a provision in the Trump administration\u2019s recently enacted domestic policy bill.<br \/>\nThe fee will apply to all visitors who are required to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. This includes many leisure and business travelers, international students and other temporary visitors. In fiscal year 2024, the US issued nearly 11 million nonimmigrant visas, according to State Department figures.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Travel Association, a national nonprofit organization aimed at increasing travel to and within the United States, praised other parts of the domestic policy bill that would invest in modernizing customs and air traffic control, but called the new visa fee \u201ca giant leap backwards.\u201d According to U.S. Travel\u2019s calculation, the fee would boost the \u201cupfront costs\u201d of visiting the US by 144%. <\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Richard Quest speaks with U.S. Travel Association CEO Geoff Freeman on &quot;Quest Means Business.&quot; #CNN #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States will require international visitors to pay a new \u201cvisa integrity fee\u201d of at least $250, added to existing visa costs, according to a provision in the Trump administration\u2019s recently enacted domestic policy bill. 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