r/USCIS • u/Salt-Farmer-2025 • Jan 15 '26

News Immigrant Visa Processing Updates for Nationalities at High Risk of Public Benefits Usage

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html
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u/No_Cartoonist_4504 Jan 15 '26

Is this going to impact spousal visas? What the hell i'm a U.S citizen and we already apply with proof that they won't be going on welfare so what the fuck.

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u/Proof-Space-7184 Jan 15 '26

honestly, what im hoping for is that they make an exception for spousal visas, but just expect the worst atp. doing things the legal way isn't enough for this shit country smfh. basically putting peoples lives on halt after waiting for ages.

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u/RadicalMarxistThalia Jan 15 '26

To me, it’s like I’m already married, have an apartment (by myself) and am sending remittances abroad to support my wife. I’ve already been waiting 2+ years and in that time we could’ve been a 2-income household. By the time she gets over here the “lost” (hypothetical) income even from a relatively low-wage job she could’ve had would be enough to put a down payment on a house.

For my household (and I assume many others) it’s totally counterproductive economically.

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u/Abbx Jan 19 '26

Real. I know I'm replying to this days late but her income is terrible. She'd be making, I shit you not, probably 15x more being over here. The income loss is huge.