The United States is indefinitely suspending immigrant visa processing for citizens of 75 countries, marking another significant expansion of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy.
The suspension affects immigrant visas, including those for employment and family reunification. It does not apply to non-immigrant visas such as student, tourist, or short-term travel visas, meaning visitors attending events like the World Cup in the US this summer are unaffected.
Read also: US halts immigrant visa processing for Nigeria, 74 other countries
A US official said the pause will take effect from January 21.
Below is the full list of countries affected, according to US officials:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Read also: US visa ban seen threatening Nigeria’s $24bn remittance inflows
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Read also: U.S. revokes 100,000 visas in 1 year —State Department
Bhutan
Bosnia
Brazil
Burma
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Colombia
Côte d’Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Macedonia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Republic of the Congo
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Yemen
