A New American Humiliation for Algeria: A 15,000-Dollar Deposit Required to Obtain a US Travel Visa

And the message is clear: Algeria is now being treated as a high-risk country. A country whose citizens must prove, through an astronomical sum, that they will not overstay on American soil. As if Algeria, with its struggling economy, unemployed youth, and devalued currency, needed yet another international humiliation.

It must be said that for a 15,000-dollar deposit, an Algerian must pay the equivalent of 3.54 million dinars. In other words, the American visa becomes a privilege reserved for an elite, a kind of closed club accessible only to the wealthiest.

The others remain at home, with their dreams of travel, study, and encounters, and with documents that no longer carry any weight in the face of a system that reduces them to a simple question of financial solvency.

The Algerian regime: between silence and denial

Where the situation becomes even more grotesque is that no one clearly explains why Algeria was targeted. The State Department refers to high overstay rates or shortcomings in data control and verification. Meanwhile, the Algerian authorities merely observe the social and economic consequences of this decision as if it were nothing more than a simple “administrative detail”.

This deposit is not merely an administrative obstacle. It is a political message, a humiliating symbol, and proof that Algeria is considered “unreliable” on the international stage.

Translated from Abderrazzak Boussaid’s French article – le7tv