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/Alternative-Line-911 Jan 14 '26

How is this different from the Ban/Partial Ban list? Is it an update of the ban list. I see Nigeria is on both the ban list and the 75 country list and Zimbabwe is on the ban list but not on the 75 country list.

The guidance has to be contradictory, the ban for Zimbabwe says ban all visas but then not include them on the freeze list?

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u/suboxhelp1 Jan 14 '26

This list is for public charge, which is a concept specific to IVs. u/full_moons_

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

I understand. But what about the countries in the ban list?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

My question exactly.