The U.S. State Division introduced Wednesday it would pausissuing immigrant visas to residents of 75 international locations over considerations that they might depend on public help sooner or later.
In a put up on X, the U.S. authorities stated immigrants from the checklist of nations “take welfare from the American individuals at unacceptable charges.”
The checklist, which incorporates U.S. allies and adversaries, alongside a number of high locations for American vacationers, was later posted on U.S. State Division’s web site.
The international locations, divided by area, embrace:
The Americas
– Antigua and Barbuda
– Bahamas
– Barbados
– Belize
– Brazil
– Colombia
– Cuba
– Dominica
– Grenada
– Guatemala
– Haiti
– Jamaica
– Nicaragua
– St. Kitts and Nevis
– St. Lucia
– St. Vincent and the Grenadines
– Uruguay
Europe
– Albania
– Belarus
– Bosnia and Herzegovina
– Kosovo
– Moldova
– Montenegro
– North Macedonia
Asia-Pacific
– Afghanistan
– Armenia
– Azerbaijan
– Bangladesh
– Bhutan
– Cambodia
– Fiji
– Georgia
– Iran
– Iraq
– Jordan
– Kazakhstan
– Kuwait
– Kyrgyzstan
– Laos
– Lebanon
– Mongolia
– Myanmar
– Nepal
– Pakistan
– Russia
– Syria
– Thailand
– Uzbekistan
– Yemen
Africa
– Algeria
– Cameroon
– Cape Verde
– Côte d’Ivoire
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Egypt
– Eritrea
– Ethiopia
– Ghana
– Guinea
– Liberia
– Libya
– Morocco
– Nigeria
– Republic of the Congo
– Rwanda
– Senegal
– Sierra Leone
– Somalia
– South Sudan
– Sudan
– Tanzania
– The Gambia
– Togo
– Tunisia
– Uganda
The freeze, which is ready to start Jan. 21, doesn’t have an effect on vacationer visas.
It’s going to stay in impact “till the U.S. can make sure that new immigrants won’t extract wealth from the American individuals,” in response to the U.S. State Division’s web site.
The coverage doesn’t have an effect on present immigration visas.
The company stated it’s conducting a full evaluate of “all polices, laws and steering to make sure immigrants from these high-risk international locations don’t make the most of welfare in the US or develop into a public cost,” it stated.
It is a growing story. Verify again for updates.
