US Set to Suspend Visa Processing for Dozens of Countries

[lostincalifornia]

The State Department will suspend processing visas for people from dozens of countries, according to a person familiar with the matter, in what marks one of the Trump administration’s most extreme moves in its immigration crackdown.

A department memo says the US is freezing visa processing indefinitely for 75 countries, including Brazil and Nigeria, according to the person, who asked not to be identified discussing a document that hasn’t been made public. Citizens from some of the included countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia already have little chance of getting a visa. But the move will be a shock for people coming from other nations on the list.

Fox News Digital reported the move earlier Wednesday. The move shuts the door to new travelers to the US for more than a third of the world’s nearly 200 countries, potentially upending work and vacation plans. It comes about five months before the US co-hosts the World Cup when hundreds of thousands of overseas visitors are expected.

The move comes after Trump threatened further visa restrictions after an Afghan national shot two National Guard troops in Washington late last year. He’s also moved to end deportation protections for Somalis amid a broader deportation push in Minnesota, home to thousands of people from the country.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/us-freezes-visa-processing-for-dozens-of-countries-fox-reports?srnd=homepage-americas

[vapor2]

1. I just want to leave here. This man is fucking nuts

[RockCreek]

2. Brazil?!? This includes Brazil, whose team is scheduled in June in NJ

Even if the team is allowed in, Brazilian fans are going to be enraged.
I hope they react appropriately.


Brazil (Group C)


June 13: Brazil vs Morocco – MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey – 6pm ET / 5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT


June 19: Brazil vs Haiti – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia – 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 7pm MT / 6pm PT


June 24: Scotland vs Brazil – Hard Rock Stadium, Miami – 6pm ET / 5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT


(schedule from Brazilian team World Cup Schedule link:
https://www.soccergraph.com/2025/12/brazil-2026-world-cup-schedule-start-time-how-to-watch-squad-players.html?m=1. )

[Initech]

3. He and his whole shitty crew need to be fired, like immediately.

Fuck the white supremacist scumbags who elected his worthless ass.

[mwmisses4289]

4. Well, there go the World Cup and the Olympics.

Congrats, trumpy boy, you did it again!!
(do I really need to add this )

[genxlib]

5. The title at the link is different

It mentions "immigrant visas" specifically.

Not very familiar with the process but this implies it would be different from just temporary visitors.

The actual article is paywalled so I could not read the rest.

Still not good but would not implode the two sporting events

Any one know if there is a distinction?

[ALBliberal]

6. Coming from a soccer loving family 3 kids at high school level

This is a world they should not have f’d with. Soccer tended to be a club sport hard to afford (let’s say 2005-2015). Very hard for us to afford. Much time and financial sacrifice. Fees travel time etc. There is a generation of kids I would say? 8-grown adults??? That absolutely love soccer. And a lot of them are upper income. Had to pay money for club fees and travel to learn and train and make high school teams few scholarship opportunities in the club world. There are many many Americans that will be pissed off. The parents grew to love soccer as much as the kids. World Cup? Being policed and politicized? When all these fans could actually see that upper level of soccer? Not a good move for FIFA. Or the administration.