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  An immigration bond is a federal bond. If detained or arrested by the bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you may have to post this bond. Similar to all bonds, it ensures that the person arrested will appear for all scheduled court proceedings. If you are not a legal resident or foreign to the United States, you should know the requirements for immigration bonds.
  
  

Types of Bonds

• There are two types of immigration bonds in the United States. These are the delivery bond, and the voluntary departure bond. Under a delivery bond, a "Notice of Custody Conditions" and a "Warrant of Arrest" go to the individual in question. A judge determines the amount of the delivery bond based on the severity of the crimes in question. The more severe the crime, the higher the bond. For release from a detaining facility, the individual must pay this amount. The individual retrieves this money when he appears for the scheduled court date.
  
  

Delivery Bond Rules

• Someone other than the person arrested can post a delivery bond, but he must pay it in cash. When the individual in question arrives for the court date, the bond returns to the person who paid it, not the individual appearing before the court. Sometimes, it takes a year or more for return of the bond money.
  
  

Voluntary Departure Bond

• A judge must grant a voluntary departure bond. Under this bond, the individual arrested must leave the country at his own expense in a specified time set by the court. If he does not leave in the time allotted by the voluntary departure bond, he will forfeit the bond and face added legal trouble.