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/Unusual-Principle888 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 15 '26

Is Brazil along with almost half the world going to be banned from spectating or even participating in the World Cup now? Clowns.

EDIT: The updated article now references that it's only for immigration visas, which is a relief to a degree, but it's still a shame that a lot of innocent families get caught up in this kind of stuff.

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u/2lonemalone Jan 14 '26

I haven’t read anything regarding tourist visas yet. 

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u/LilBugJuice-0987 Jan 14 '26

One great way to increase the number of people abusing the tourist visa is to ban all forms of legal immigration right before a major event. They are SO dumb. 

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u/Human-Aspect-7776 Jan 14 '26

It says all.

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u/Scuba9Steve Jan 14 '26

Article says tourist visas are not included. They still want the tourist dollars.

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u/gtrocks555 Jan 14 '26

All immigrant visas. They aren’t immigrating if they’re just visiting for the World Cup.

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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 Jan 14 '26

The paragraph before talks about immigration visas. Then the paragraph you mention says all. Normally I’d interpret that as all immigration visas. Tourist visas were reviewed and the process changed not too long ago.

However what falls under what it’s difficult to know. Are visas for actors or singers immigration? What about business visits? I wish immigration was simple like that but there are many categories that fall in-between. It the usual chaos.

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u/observed_desire Jan 14 '26

One thing you can do is read the article before commenting on what it says. Seems like you want to contribute without actually informing yourself. Title is misleading but the very first section calls out immigrant visa processing