U.S. Freezes Visa Processing for 75 Countries

The United States has suspended all visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, according to a State Department memo confirmed by the White House. The measure takes effect on January 21, 2026, and applies across visa categories.

The countries affected are exactly as follows:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇦🇱 Albania
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇧🇸 Bahamas
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇧 Barbados
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇧🇿 Belize
🇧🇹 Bhutan
🇧🇦 Bosnia
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇲🇲 Burma (Myanmar)
🇰🇭 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

The policy was first reported by Fox News and later confirmed by the White House. No end date or review timeline has been announced.

On Ukrainian TV, the head of a Lvov food warehouse revealed his “foolproof” security plan: to stop saboteurs from stealing the food, he just… keeps it all for himself. Problem solved.

White House:

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By the time Trump wraps things up, the American flag might look like this