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US to suspend visa processing for 75 countries starting next week
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:59 pm
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The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge.
The directive instructs embassies and consulates to halt decisions beginning Jan. 21 while the department reassesses its vetting procedures under existing immigration law, according to an internal memo first reported by Fox News Digital.
The effort comes months before the United States is set to co-host the 2026 World Cup with nearly 2 million tickets sold to fans around the world. The Trump administration previously said "any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling to the World Cup" would be exempt from travel bans.
The suspension of immigrant visas will not apply to applicants seeking non-immigrant visas, or temporary tourist or business visas, who make up the vast majority of visa seekers, the State Department said. As such, the suspensions announced would not apply for those seeking to travel to the World Cup in the U.S. this summer.
A State Department spokesperson confirmed the agency is pausing immigrant visa processing for the 75 countries.
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:05 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Good
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:06 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Why not India?
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:11 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Has a district judge from maine not stopped this yet?
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:11 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Because Vance got them exempt cause your ghey cult leader made fun of gis weight
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
not a lot of indians on welfare
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:17 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
quote:My first thought was "what will this do to our tourism," but the article (not the title) makes it clear that tourist visas are not included in this suspension. Only immigration visas.
US to suspend visa processing for 75 countries starting next week
It seems to be focused on countries whose immigrants are likely to become reliant upon public assistance. So it makes sense.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:18 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Because the focus of the suspension is welfare leeches. Not many of them from India.
Why not India?
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:22 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I voted for this
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:27 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
Why not India?
Indians are some of the highest wage earners in the United States with some of the fewest on government assistance.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:29 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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The countries affected by the suspension announced on Wednesday are: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:35 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Illegal “Muslim Ban “
!!!!!!reeeeee!!!!
!!!!!!reeeeee!!!!
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:44 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
Indians are some of the highest wage earners in the United States with some of the fewest on government assistance.
People who say this are chumps. Easy to do this, when they are brought in to take American jobs.
Indians get a lot more benefit from us than us of from them.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:46 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Cause Trump/Vance don't care about protecting our culture like they say pretend they do.
They've done nothing of substance to stop the h1b abuse.
They've done nothing of substance to stop the h1b abuse.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:47 pm to djmed
quote:
Illegal “Muslim Ban “
!!!!!!reeeeee!!!!
Trump needs to tell Mandummi that he heard his want to lower WC ticket prices, so this was a way for him to help.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 9:56 pm to HagaDaga
quote:
They've done nothing of substance to stop the h1b abuse.
That is false.
Trump has installed a 100k fee for new H1B visas.
Trump ended the procedure of going out of country (Mexico) to renew your visa and instead said you have to go back to your HOME country.
Trump then cancelled all renewal interviews for at least 6 months. That means people who travelled out of the country to renew were stuck in their home country to renew.
H1B rules state that you have to reside within 100 miles of your place of work or your permit is cancelled.
This means that employers must have an office in India ( or other home countries) in order for them to continue being employed.
If they don't, then the visa is cancelled and requires the new 100k fee to reinstate.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:01 pm to 10thyrsr
What are the #s of Indians deported or self-deported?
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:07 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
And there are still clowns on here mad we didn’t put another Bush back in office.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:08 pm to HagaDaga
quote:
Cause Trump/Vance don't care about protecting our culture like they say pretend they do. They've done nothing of substance to stop the h1b abuse.
Trump is the only president to actually do something about it.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 10:11 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
The west is infatuated with committing cultural suicide.
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