The State Department is pausing visa processing for applicants from 75 countries as it reviews how consular officers screen people deemed likely to become a public charge, according to an internal ...

Three experts warned that halting visa services at multiple U.S. embassies and consulates could trigger massive backlogs.

The U.S. State Department has announced it will halt the processing of immigrant visas for citizens from 75 nations, citing concerns that their nationals might require public assistance upon entering ...

The U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. recently worked through a large backlog of applications for visas available to immigrant crime victims after spending most of 2025 refusing to process them. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States said on Wednesday it is suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, President Donald Trump's ...

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes a statement to reporters while meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Cliff ...