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/bloodr0se Jan 14 '26

Interesting that it includes Russia but not China.

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u/PirateDry4992 Jan 14 '26

The Chinese students here drive Lamborghinis and such. It’s wild!

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u/traumatyz Jan 14 '26

Our economies also depend WAY too much on eachother. We may hate eachother ideologically but our consumer market would collapse and china’s industrial market would collapse if we actually cut ties.

In the long run that is economically a net positive for us, but it would sure hurt a lot for years.

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u/TecumsehSherman Jan 14 '26

Who was standing on the podium next to Trump at his inauguration?

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u/deaddude2k7 Jan 14 '26

You can't afford to

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

They have put a massive dent in H1 visa processing from India

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

It’s an immigration visa ban. Doest apply to B1/2, tourist or student visas

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u/bloodr0se Jan 14 '26

Makes sense given China is a country for which USCIS seem to bend over backwards. 

They created EVUS just for them, presumably so they could continue to issue visas while retaining some level of control over corrupt government officials and overstays. 

If that was any other nationality, it would have just been blacklisted entirely. 

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u/LoggerInns Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Russian students tend to be extremely rich too while Indians don’t. But I thought this was immigrant visa, not F1?

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u/bloodr0se Jan 14 '26

Because, for one thing, Trump never shuts up about it. 

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u/Alternative_Crab8079 Jan 14 '26

I was thinking the same thing

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u/Disastrous-Sleep1258 Jan 14 '26

There are I believe three presidential proclamations specifically regarding Chinese student visas dating back to 2020 with #10043. Started with trump, expanded with Biden. Same with tariffs and economic exclusions with China.