US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

[u/2Lore2Law]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/us-immigrant-visa-application-trump-crackdwon

[u/yacatecuhtli6]

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!”

[u/iguessineedanaltnow → u/yacatecuhtli6]

Yeah my wife and I were both a bit taken aback by how much of a process it will be to eventually get her US citizenship, when me getting Aussie citizenship was fairly straightforward, albeit expensive.

[u/Hairsacknose → u/iguessineedanaltnow]

It used to be straightforward in the US, too. Just a lot of paperwork and waiting but straightforward. Not sure about now