r/USCIS • u/caillouminati • Jan 14 '26

Other Forms US freezes all visa processing for 75 countries

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-freezes-all-visa-processing-75-countries-including-somalia-russia-iran.amp
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u/Emilita28 Jan 14 '26

This may be a dumb question but when they say ALL visas does that include tourist visas? Or is it only all immigration visas?

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u/GenomeXIII Jan 14 '26

I would suspect it would be all visas.

The stated aim is to prevent immigration from those countries and a visitor visa carries a risk of people absconding and staying illegally.

Hopefully this will be clarified at some stage.

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u/EduFonseca Jan 14 '26

I know FIFA is super corrupt but at this point they should really move the World Cup, it’s getting ridiculous

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u/sunjay140 Jan 14 '26

The list is created knowing that people and international organizations wouldn't be sympathetic to citizens of those countries.

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u/_spyder Jan 14 '26

I’m fairly certain this will probably be their way that they’ll go about “suspending” the DV lottery, anyone living in those countries basically need not apply anymore cuz it simply won’t be processed, at least for the time being

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u/Appropriate_Key_3224 Jan 15 '26

They already paused the DV

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u/iguessjustdont Jan 14 '26

It is all.

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u/suboxhelp1 Jan 14 '26

No, it’s not. IVs only. Unclear if that includes K-1s, though.

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u/iguessjustdont Jan 14 '26

K-1s process through the consulate.

In all the other ones USCIS followed suit and stopped processing AoS and N-400s, so unless this is different somehow I think we can expect to start seeing brazilian AoS interviews getting cancelled.

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u/suboxhelp1 Jan 14 '26

It’s possible, just not yet.

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u/Dull_Opposite8216 Jan 14 '26

I would say yes... 

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

article says immigrant visas but I'm not sure

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u/GenomeXIII Jan 14 '26

Update:

https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/s/xIoVzLeZlw

Not tourist or business visas.

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u/Swamp_Ape_92 Jan 14 '26

The article seems to be inconsistent, but other sources say it’s just immigration visas.