# US suspends immigrant visa processing worldwide, FT reports

https://mins.news/en/item/32722

- TASS, 2026-08-26 07:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2177731

> The Trump administration has halted immigrant visa processing worldwide to train consular officers to identify applicants who might need government assistance, the Financial Times reports. Applicants with scheduled interviews were told they had been postponed, while the State Department gave no date for resumption. A New York federal court recently overturned the ban on applications from citizens of 75 countries.

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