Grenadian citizens applying for US visitor visas may now be required to post a bond as part of the application process under newly applied rules that have placed Grenada on the US visa bond list. The development, picked up by Associates Times and Caribbean News Now, fits inside the broader pattern of US visa policy tightening that has affected nearly every CARICOM state in 2026.
The visa bond requirement is the next escalation beyond the US$250 visa integrity fee that took effect in October and the immigrant visa pause announced in January. Posting a bond means applicants — or their US-based sponsors — must put up cash collateral that is forfeited if the visa holder overstays their authorised period. The amount and the conditions vary by case, but the structural effect is to make a US visit financially heavier and more administratively complex for Grenadian applicants.
For Grenada — a country whose diaspora population in the US, Canada, and the UK is a significant share of the national footprint — the bond regime is a direct hit on family-reunification economics. Grenadian-Americans planning to bring elder relatives for a visit, a graduation, a wedding, or a funeral now face an upfront cost premium that did not exist a year ago. The political response from St George’s has so far been measured. What it produces in terms of diplomatic engagement, and whether the bond regime is challenged or absorbed, will set the template for how other Caribbean states respond if and when the rule is extended to them.
Source: Now Grenada; Caribbean News Global; Associates Times, May 2026.