America Ban Visa: United States President Donald Trump has restricted non-immigrant and immigrant visa processing for citizens of 75 countries, many of them in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Effective January 21, 2026, the United States Department of State would pause all visa issuances to immigrant visa applicants who are nationals of certain countries.
America Ban Visa-Which Countries Face The Wrath?
The list includes Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also includes Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq and Jamaica.
The Department of State also paused immigrant visas for nationals from Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia and Pakistan. The list also includes nationals from 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 and Yemen.
Immigrant visa applicants who belong to the affected countries may submit their visa applications. They would be eligible to attend interviews. The US Department of State would be scheduling appointments as earlier but no immigrant visas would be issued to nationals of the above countries during the pause.
Why Was The Suspension Made?
Led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the State Department remarked that the suspension would not apply to applicants seeking temporary, business or non-immigrant visas. In a statement, the US Department of State remarked that the Trump-led administration would be relentless to bring an end to abuse of the immigration system of America by those who illegitimately extract wealth from Americans.
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