Visa applications from 75 countries to the US suspended from Jan 21

Immigrant visa application from 75 countries to the United States will be suspended effective from Jan 21.

It will not impact US visitor visas but comes as an extension to the previously financial self sufficient requirement imposed in November.

Three Southeast Asian countries were listed: – Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

Even Russia is listed.

The following are the 75:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo, Cuba

Dominica,

Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia

Fiji

Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea

Haiti

Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast

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.