{"id":23404,"date":"2026-01-14T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23404\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:16:14","slug":"full-list-of-75-affected-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23404\/","title":{"rendered":"Full List of 75 Affected Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States announced on Wednesday that it is suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, President Donald Trump\u2019s latest move restricting entry for foreigners seeking to live in America.\n<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson said, \u201cThe State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/us-suspends-immigrant-visa-processing-for-ghana-somalia-73-other-countries-white-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memo<\/a> seen by Fox News Digital, consular officers have been directed to refuse visas under existing law while the department reassesses its screening and vetting procedures.\n<\/p>\n<p>The pause will begin on January 21 and will continue indefinitely until the review is complete.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of affected countries, arranged by continent, is as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p>Africa (27 countries)<\/p>\n<p>Algeria<br \/>Cameroon<br \/>Cape Verde<br \/>Cote d\u2019Ivoire<br \/>Democratic Republic of the Congo<br \/>Egypt<br \/>Eritrea<br \/>Ethiopia<br \/>Gambia<br \/>Ghana<br \/>Guinea<br \/>Liberia<br \/>Libya<br \/>Morocco<br \/>Nigeria<br \/>Republic of the Congo<br \/>Rwanda<br \/>Senegal<br \/>Sierra Leone<br \/>Somalia<br \/>South Sudan<br \/>Sudan<br \/>Tanzania<br \/>Togo<br \/>Tunisia<br \/>Uganda<br \/>Yemen\n<\/p>\n<p>Asia (22 countries)<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan<br \/>Armenia<br \/>Azerbaijan<br \/>Bangladesh<br \/>Bhutan<br \/>Burma<br \/>Cambodia<br \/>Georgia<br \/>Iran<br \/>Iraq<br \/>Jordan<br \/>Kazakhstan<br \/>Kuwait<br \/>Kyrgyzstan<br \/>Laos<br \/>Lebanon<br \/>Mongolia<br \/>Nepal<br \/>Pakistan<br \/>Syria<br \/>Thailand<br \/>Uzbekistan<\/p>\n<p>Europe (8 countries)<\/p>\n<p>Albania<br \/>Belarus<br \/>Bosnia<br \/>Kosovo<br \/>Macedonia<br \/>Moldova<br \/>Montenegro<br \/>Russia\n<\/p>\n<p>North America &amp; the Caribbean (13 countries)<\/p>\n<p>Antigua and Barbuda<br \/>Bahamas<br \/>Barbados<br \/>Belize<br \/>Cuba<br \/>Dominica<br \/>Grenada<br \/>Guatemala<br \/>Haiti<br \/>Jamaica<br \/>Nicaragua<br \/>Saint Kitts and Nevis<br \/>Saint Lucia<br \/>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines\n<\/p>\n<p>South America (3 countries)<\/p>\n<p>Brazil<br \/>Colombia<br \/>Uruguay\n<\/p>\n<p>Oceania (1 country)<\/p>\n<p>Fiji\n<\/p>\n<p>In total, the United States\u2019 visa suspension affects 75 countries, including 27 in Africa, 22 in Asia, eight in Europe, 13 in North America and the Caribbean, three in South America, and one in Oceania.\n<\/p>\n<p>The move affects thousands of prospective immigrants and comes amid ongoing debates over the United States\u2019 immigration policies, with officials citing the need to strengthen national security and ensure proper vetting.\n<\/p>\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/punchng.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#fa8e929f9f9e938e9588ba8a8f949992949dd4999597\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> [email\u00a0protected] <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States announced on Wednesday that it is suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[750,3415,79,14411,14412,14413,11185,122,14414,13388,4235,4868,14415,14416,14417,14418],"class_list":{"0":"post-23404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-foreign-policy","10":"tag-ghana","11":"tag-immigrant-visa","12":"tag-immigrant-visas","13":"tag-immigration-policy","14":"tag-national-security","15":"tag-nigeria","16":"tag-state-department","17":"tag-travel-ban","18":"tag-travel-restrictions","19":"tag-us-immigration","20":"tag-us-immigration-policy","21":"tag-us-visa-suspension","22":"tag-visa-processing","23":"tag-visa-suspension"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}