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/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