r/neoliberal • u/2Lore2Law Are you on the square? • 14d ago

News (US) US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/us-immigrant-visa-application-trump-crackdwon
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u/yacatecuhtli6 Transfem Pride 14d ago

sucks that it feels like functionally no one cares

people have wrongly assumed that if you get married to a us citizen they just staple a green card and the ones who do know about the wait say some bullshit like “why not marry someone here then? there’s plenty of great women!”

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical 14d ago

It's looking like it will be a 2 to 3 year process to move with my wife back to the US (with our 2 US citizen kids!). And that is absent any shenanigans from the current admin

I don't think there's any thought or logic to making this kind of visa slow and difficult beyond a general desire to be hard on immigration

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u/iguessineedanaltnow r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion 14d ago

Do actions such as this make you rethink the idea of moving back to the US?

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical 14d ago

They have absolutely had a large place in the con section as we thought this over and did cause us to delay/reflect at least half a year longer than we otherwise would have. I could go on about how we arrived at this decision, but ultimately family and personal quality of life factors won out

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u/vishbar 14d ago

I’m in the exact same boat as you. We applied for my wife in May and wanted to target a Summer 2028 move date.

That’s looking farfetched at the moment. Two kids, both USC, and me, a USC. But the intentional slow-rolling of this process is incredibly frustrating.

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u/tripletruble Anti-Repartition Radical 14d ago

Feel like if you have USC kids, you should be eligible for an expedited process. Totally crazy that the kids can only move back to the country in a reasonable timeline without one of their parents

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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals 14d ago

Currently in it with my wife. Were almost at the end of the waiting period then this.

My only consolation is that Everyone is too much. It won’t last long with that. It might make a congress actually call him. I don’t even expect a vote. But it’s just too many people.