The Trump administration continues to take a harder stance on foreign visitors with a “visa integrity fee” to be implemented on Oct. 1.
The fee would charge non-immigrant travelers visiting the US $250 due at the time visas are issued and was enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Countries such as Mexico, China, and Brazil will take on the most heat, with the cost for non-visa waiver countries now nearing $442, per the US Travel Association.
The largest numbers of international visitors in May were from Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil, according to the International Inbound Travel Association.
Gabe Rizzi, global travel management company Altour president, told Reuters that “any friction we add to the traveler experience is going to cut travel volumes by some amount.”
“As the summer ends, this will become a more pressing issue, and we’ll have to factor the fees into travel budgets and documentation,” Rizzi added.
