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Re:U.S. mandates more foreign travelers to pay $15,000 visa ... by z2 on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:16PM (#46557897)
Seems it's because out of the low hundreds people total who visited in a year and were expected to leave the US, some large percent didn't leave, joining the double-digit overstayers club. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/25_0912_cbp_...
Re:U.S. mandates more foreign travelers to pay $15,000 visa ... by nograpes on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:37PM (#46558194)
Thanks for the link, to save anyone else the trouble, it seems that the rate for Bhutan is 89 out of 423 (21%) in country overstays. Average overstay rate for non visa waiver countries is 2.2%.
Re:U.S. mandates more foreign travelers to pay $15,000 visa ... by 0xbadcafebee on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:23PM (#46592969)
I don't think it was mentioned, but Bhutan minority groups have experienced ethnic cleansing and oppression; we used to accept their refugees, but now we probably don't, so it's likely that these overstays are actually people fleeing or related to those fleeing persecution. Another fun externality of politicians persecuting immigrants based on statistics.