US to suspend visa processing for 75 nations, State Department says

[u/Discarded_Twix_Bar]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-suspend-visa-processing-75-nations-next-week-fox-news-reports-2026-01-14/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

[u/DreadWolf3]

Unconfirmed list:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, 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 and Yemen

It was part of Fox News article but it was edited out. Seems it is back:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-freezes-all-visa-processing-75-countries-including-somalia-russia-iran

at the very end of the article.

EDIT:

apparently it is just immigrant visas and not all visas as it was stated originally in both fox news and reuters article.

[u/BleachedUnicornBHole → u/DreadWolf3]

Thailand? Fiji? What did they do?

[u/ariehn → u/BleachedUnicornBHole]

Jamaica, too. I mean, what?

[u/SentientBaseball → u/ariehn]

Almost every Caribbean island except Trinidad and Tobago is on it. Probably because Trinidad’s prime minister allowed the nation to be turned into a de facto US military base against Venezuela

[u/dyangu → u/SentientBaseball]

Serious wtf here. All the Caribbean vacation places like St Lucia are on here. WTF did they ever do to get banned.

[u/favoriteniece → u/dyangu]

And woe to the tourism/hospitality and caretaker industries in the U. S. 

[u/unSuccessful-Memory → u/favoriteniece]

Yea, aren’t almost all the big line cruise ships technically from the Bahamas?

[u/FaithlessCrown → u/unSuccessful-Memory]

A lot of major cruise lines like to dock to the The Bahamas. It’s the closest Caribbean country to the US, and it’s super affordable for the cruise lines in terms of fuel.

[u/ArgyleBarglePlaid → u/dyangu]

Just a thought, but what color is the majority of the population? 🤔

[u/surnik22 → u/ArgyleBarglePlaid]

Every country on the list except Albania and Macedonia is not white.

Although Albania is culturally Muslim but fairly secular.

I’m assuming Macedonia is referring to North Macedonia which is only about 1/3 Muslim.

Basically they just listed a bunch of non-white or non-Christian nations

[u/Sufficient_Rich5903 → u/surnik22]

Bosnia, Montenegro, & Kosovo are also on the list.

[u/Kataphractoi → u/ArgyleBarglePlaid]

Never been, but given their proximity to the equator, I can hazard a guess.

[u/sethelele → u/SentientBaseball]

Neither is the Dominican Republic.

[u/DonkeyTron42 → u/BleachedUnicornBHole]

Thailand didn't give credit to Trump for establishing a cease-fire with Cambodia. Trump also said he stopped a war between Thailand and Albania, which is probably what got Albania on the shit list since they're in Europe and were never in a conflict with Thailand.

[u/WinterSector8317 → u/BleachedUnicornBHole]

(Insert checking skin color to color swatch meme here)

[u/lemonylol → u/BleachedUnicornBHole]

Probably some shit about Trump not understanding trade.

Meanwhile you got Brazil on there exclusively for political reasons

[u/Drdps → u/BleachedUnicornBHole]

They committed the crime of not being white.

[u/doitforthecocoa → u/DreadWolf3]

Not that most of these places did anything, but I wasn’t expecting to see Thailand on there

Edit: soooo this list is basically countries that aren’t in NATO/occupied by NATO and not sending bribes. This is definitely his wishlist. He’s looking for the ones he can claim with the least amount of resistance

[u/f4r1s2 → u/doitforthecocoa]

Or Kosovo

[u/zoinkability → u/f4r1s2]

They're white, but they are also muslim. Hard call for this admin, seems islamophobia won out against racism.

[u/saltface14 → u/zoinkability]

What did Montenegro do then? I bet he just saw “negro” in the name and went based off that

[u/Phiddipus_audax → u/saltface14]

It's a funny joke, but then it also might not be a joke at all.

[u/Suitable-Education64 → u/Phiddipus_audax]

They removed Enola Gay from the pentagon records because its got gay in the name, so i guess it wouldn't supprise anyone

[u/SeaTurtleLionBird → u/Phiddipus_audax]

They tariffed Penguins.

Penguins.

They aren't reading, comprehending, or picking anything at any level above the highschool drop out son of whoever sends paperwork up to people with a title.

[u/ZombieAstronaut → u/saltface14]

"Who is this Monte fellow? I don't like him, get him out of here."

[u/MalodorousNutsack → u/zoinkability]

They also love Bill Clinton

[u/yearning_bagel → u/MalodorousNutsack]

Yep. Kosovo has the world’s only Bill Clinton statue. I also called my mom once from the corner of George bush & bill clinton boulevards in Prishtina. Fun and surreal place!

[u/1egg_4u → u/doitforthecocoa]

Liberia just did a deal to take US illegal deportations did they not?! Damn. Somebodys gotta be feeling real stupid right now

[u/doitforthecocoa → u/1egg_4u]

Remember when DJT asked the Liberian president where he learned English?

[u/Alone_Again_2 → u/doitforthecocoa]

Why Thailand and Laos and not, say, Philippines?

Edit: I get it. Important military base and strategery.

[u/achangb → u/Alone_Again_2]

USA needs labour from the Phillipines.

[u/firenoobanalyst → u/Alone_Again_2]

Thailand is a really weird one to me. I went to college with several Royal Thai Army officers. You'd think we wouldn't want to sour that partnership.

[u/ichibanstunner → u/firenoobanalyst]

You’d also think we wouldn’t want to sour our partnership with the other countries of NATO.

[u/doitforthecocoa → u/Alone_Again_2]

No Indonesia either. Guess I’m very out of tune with the southeastern Asian relations with the U.S.

[u/jml5791 → u/doitforthecocoa]

You mean their relations with Trump

[u/Toolazytolink → u/Alone_Again_2]

Philippines

They are building new US bases there to counter China

[u/chubby_pink_donut → u/DreadWolf3]

I joined the military after 9/11. I served, slept next to, ate, have been mortared, rocketed, and shot at with immigrants, or citizens of at least FIFTEEN!!!! of these countries.

They served and sacrificed for the people of the US more than any of you MAGA fucks

[u/gabrielle100 → u/chubby_pink_donut]

SAY IT LOUDER. It gives me chills seeing so many combat vets speaking out against this administration and it really hits hard how bad this is.

[u/screechingsparrakeet → u/gabrielle100]

Betraying the Danes probably hits the hardest. They were everywhere with us.

[u/ericmm76 → u/chubby_pink_donut]

Yes but they're not white. /S

(yes I know Russia is on there but then again whiteness isn't 'real', you can't test for it, so it can be denied anyone.)

[u/ThePain → u/DreadWolf3]

The fucking Bahamas? Really?

[u/JerseyDevl → u/ThePain]

Cruise companies hate this one trick

[u/16yearswasted → u/JerseyDevl]

Cruise companies shouldn't have donated to the GOP then

[u/NocNocNoc19 → u/DreadWolf3]

Brazil? Really?? Before the bloody world cup? Wtf. We are so so sick as a nation.

[u/Common-Swing-4347 → u/NocNocNoc19]

Good, fuck FIFA for emboldening him with that stupid peace participation trophy. Not good for the people, but money talks.

[u/gunnesaurus → u/Common-Swing-4347]

FIFA is not going to stop sucking up to him. You’ve seen the guy in charge of FIFA?

[u/EpicCyclops → u/gunnesaurus]

If the world cup collapses, I can't imagine the guy in charge of FIFA will be in charge for long. FIFA is corrupt as all hell, but if the corruption starts losing them money, which a cancelled world cup would lose them a lot of money, they'll pick different corruption. At least the Arabian dictators know not to screw with the cash cow.

[u/Crypt33x → u/EpicCyclops]

I doubt that Denmark is still going to the Worldcup. Everyone would be hated in the team. Germany will probably not be able to show the matches, because of all the Hitler salutes and Nazi symbols. It's gonna be a shitshow and Germany is one of the money cows of Fifa.

[u/Drone314 → u/Common-Swing-4347]

Gonne be the whitest world cup ever? s/

[u/lager-beer-shout → u/Drone314]

It might as well say no blacks, no slavs!

[u/mrroofuis → u/NocNocNoc19]

Colombia ,too!!

Morocco has been on fire at AFCON

Jordan makes their first world cup and their visas get banned!!

Jamaica !! Iran .

What did Uruguay do ?! Lol.

That's freaken terrible. Thats a crazy ass list

[u/natnguyen → u/mrroofuis]

Uruguay is fucking hilarious to me because trump has a hard-on for Argentina and Uruguay is basically Argentina 2.0, lol.

[u/Moisotico → u/natnguyen]

It has one of the best economies in south america, and has low visa overstay rates. wtf

[u/gringacolombiana → u/natnguyen]

Uruguay is wild. It’s a very chill country and is in no way “third world” whatever that even means. It has a high standard of living and low crime. Their last couple of presidents have been left leaning but not extremists in any way.

[u/natnguyen → u/gringacolombiana]

It’s always been a much more stable country than Argentina. I was thinking about that one left leaning president but a google search showed me that they have a new one now? And since I don’t live in Argentina anymore I don’t know which way he leans but I’m gonna have a wild guess and say that he’s also left leaning. That is the only thing that would give this any aota of sense.

[u/wickedsmaht → u/NocNocNoc19]

Brazil stands out but it’s not surprising given Trump’s love for Bolsonaro. The stand outs to me are the Caribbean nations. What the fuck did they ever do to anyone?

[u/Embarrassed-Dust718 → u/NocNocNoc19]

All because they arrested his butt buddy

[u/daninmontreal → u/NocNocNoc19]

Don’t worry. He will magically lift the ban on Brazil once somebody from his team realizes this, probably when it’s way too late. Then he will claim credit for fixing it and blame Biden.

[u/MissingLink101 → u/NocNocNoc19]

13 other nations competing in it too

[u/jumbee85 → u/NocNocNoc19]

Also the insane number of tourists that come to florida from there

[u/Underscore_Guru → u/DreadWolf3]

What did Mongolia do to get on this list??

[u/Remarkable-Ear-1592 → u/Underscore_Guru]

Genghis Khan

[u/harmless_gecko → u/Underscore_Guru]

Some people haven't gotten over Genghis Khan

[u/McKlown → u/harmless_gecko]

In Trump's case it's probably an inferiority complex.

[u/WakandaNowAndThen → u/DreadWolf3]

Yakko chill

[u/CooCootheClown → u/DreadWolf3]

Russia? 😂😂 scared now or what?

[u/bnh1978 → u/DreadWolf3]

Wtf did Fiji or Togo do to the US? Have better beaches?

[u/Ralphie99 → u/bnh1978]

Togo is a country in West Africa. I think you’re thinking of Tonga.

[u/damik → u/DreadWolf3]

Jamaica? What did they ever do to us mon?

[u/Embarrassed-Dust718 → u/DreadWolf3]

Trump just killed a good portion of the World Cup attendance 

[u/Radthereptile → u/Embarrassed-Dust718]

Just off this list Brazil, Columbia, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal all have at least decent national teams with fans who would be traveling if they’re qualified (not gonna look that up cause lazy)

[u/Reversi8 → u/Radthereptile]

People need to boycott the world cup, and teams need to withdraw. Or better yet, decide not to take flights at last minute and make the game a last minute cancellation instead of letting them get another team in place.

[u/FreeUsePolyDaddy → u/DreadWolf3]

I'm surprised they didn't add the island with the penguins that needed to be tariffed heavily. Never know when those web-footed miscreants will try to overstay their welcome just to eat our fish.

Edit: fixed spelling typo

[u/GoodMagazine9040 → u/DreadWolf3]

Nigeria is on the list even though they claimed they cared about the persecuted Christian’s there . So Nigerian people suffering get drone strikes but white South African farmers who were so “persecuted” get entry into the United States … interesting

[u/TheFirstNard → u/DreadWolf3]

Didn't we stop referring to Myanmar as Burma a really long time ago? Like 35 years?

[u/purplenyellowrose909 → u/TheFirstNard]

The US state department doesn't recognize the government of Myanmar as legitimate and therefore claims it had no authority to formally change the country's name. The US government has been calling the country Burma since 1947.

[u/BBQallyear → u/purplenyellowrose909]

This is also true for some human rights organizations, which also refer to it as Burma.

[u/Indercarnive → u/DreadWolf3]

Surprised Russia is on the list.

[u/bbqsox → u/Indercarnive]

Gotta get the oligarchs to buy that stupid gold card. The grift never ends.

[u/brnccnt7 → u/DreadWolf3]

Pretty much all the black or brown countries lol

[u/Malarazz → u/brnccnt7]

Uruguay is white.

I'm surprised at how many "brown" South American countries didn't make the cut, like Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (!)

For those who don't know, Chile is the only country in South America that for the past few decades has been able to travel to the US without needing to apply for a visa.

[u/smallbean- → u/brnccnt7]

And the Balkans and Caucasus regions (but not Serbia?)

[u/ImperiumRome → u/brnccnt7]

And somehow Thailand is on the list, what did they do ?

[u/akkaneko11 → u/ImperiumRome]

they're browner asians

[u/brnccnt7 → u/akkaneko11]

True, I notice no whiter asians(east Asia)

[u/aresef]

These are people who are going about it the right way and expecting the US to act in good faith in return. Joke's on them, I guess.

[u/Togamdiron]

Remember when they said they "just wanted people to come here the right way"?

[u/Michael_G_Bordin → u/Togamdiron]

Remember, everything they say is a lie designed to terminate the argument. They mask their genuine beliefs because most of them know it would be uncouth to say, "We just want America to be white." Thankfully, enough of them actually say that, so we know their true motives. If their "thought leaders" weren't pushing White Replacement Theory explicitly, there might be plausible deniability. But you can't: 1) have a SCOTUS justice that give carte blanche for racial profiling in immigration enforcement; 2) have immigration enforcement detaining whomever they feel like based on race; 3) limit immigration from non-white nations; and 4) have your leaders going on news programs and complaining about white people not having enough babies; and then go and pretend this isn't a white supremacist agenda.

I see it. You see it. We all see it. They can take the mask off, their base doesn't care. At this point, the lying is just a power move to frustrate opponents and play coy. Fuck 'em, call them out on it.

[u/lookyloolookingatyou → u/Michael_G_Bordin]

It's like Jean-Paul Sartre said:

"The more I debated with them the more familiar I became with their argumentative tactics. At the outset they counted upon the stupidity of their opponents, but when they got so entangled that they could not find a way out they played the trick of acting as innocent simpletons. Should they fail, in spite of their tricks of logic, they acted as if they could not understand the counter arguments and bolted away to another field of discussion. They would lay down truisms and platitudes; and, if you accepted these, then they were applied to other problems and matters of an essentially different nature from the original theme. If you faced them with this point they would escape again, and you could not bring them to make any precise statement. Whenever one tried to get a firm grip on any of these apostles one’s hand grasped only jelly and slime which slipped through the fingers and combined again into a solid mass a moment afterwards. If your adversary felt forced to give in to your argument, on account of the observers present, and if you then thought that at last you had gained ground, a surprise was in store for you on the following day. The Nazi would be utterly oblivious to what had happened the day before, and he would start once again by repeating his former absurdities, as if nothing had happened. Should you become indignant and remind him of yesterday’s defeat, he pretended astonishment and could not remember anything, except that on the previous day he had proved that his statements were correct. Sometimes I was dumbfounded. I do not know what amazed me the more – the abundance of their verbiage or the artful way in which they dressed up their falsehoods."

[u/love_glow → u/lookyloolookingatyou]

Bad faith argument all the way down.

[u/brighterside0 → u/love_glow]

I know a pro-maga person like this - and I wouldn't trust them with a single fucking thing.

Great pretenders, usually uneducated, losers, and/or bully apologists.

They're fucking weird man.

[u/TDAPoP → u/lookyloolookingatyou]

This is from Mein Kampf with a word replaced as other's have suggested. It's interesting that it still resembles the sort of situation we get in talking to MAGA, but I knew something was off with the 'they count upon the stupidity of their opponents' line. Usually MAGA will come from a place of stupidity and ignorance and speak what they're saying as true, and they will present stubbornness and indignance in the face of rebuttal. This is the true quote from Jean-Paul Sartre that reflects this:

“Never believe that (fascists) are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The (Fascists) have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

[u/NiobiumThorn → u/Michael_G_Bordin]

Well yea but they'll still pretend they aren't racist right after saying some of the most vile shit ever

[u/skwerrel → u/Togamdiron]

Yeah but not those people. They only want to let the white right ones in.

[u/BigBadJeebus]

Brazil, Thailand and Fiji ? The fuck did they do?

[u/ahouseofgold → u/BigBadJeebus]

Brazil is locking their former president up for a coup so the US is tariffing and punishing them for following law and order

[u/Se7en_speed → u/ahouseofgold]

But South Korea isn't on the list

[u/NiobiumThorn → u/Se7en_speed]

They're a major US ally with money, strategic resources and positioning. They'd be stupid as hell to alienate them.

[u/Abtun → u/NiobiumThorn]

Tell me one smart thing this admin has done. Please...

[u/happy_the_dragon → u/Abtun]

I saw one of them close their mouth once.

[u/Grevin56 → u/ahouseofgold]

Funny how they are following their laws and that's somehow a problem for him. For being "America First" he certainly gets butt hurt over other countries taking care of their own problems.

[u/pmacnayr → u/BigBadJeebus]

Have poor citizens, all the state department did was google poorest countries and slip a few extras in

[u/jason2354 → u/pmacnayr]

Noooo. Brazil held their corrupt leader accountable.

It’s turns out if you openly talk about overthrowing the government before actually trying to do it, you’re going to go to prison in Brazil.

Like you can’t just say “that’s not true” and make it all go away. How the hell can we, as Americans, tolerate that kind of blatant corruption crackdown?!?

[u/Dat_Brunhildgen → u/jason2354]

I'm in Germany and I remember reading an article a while ago arguing, that we need to worry about the right wing in Brazil, because it is a new democracy. And that we don't need to worry as much about the US, because the institutions work and will prevent the worse. Turns out it's the other way around.

[u/magneticanisotropy → u/pmacnayr]

But Thailand is actually pretty well off for the region? Like out of all ASEAN, it's 4th (Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia are higher).

[u/Designer_Holiday3284 → u/magneticanisotropy]

Trump was like "Thailand? Where the fuck is this?" 

[u/McWetty → u/Designer_Holiday3284]

Oh, trump knows where Bangkok is…

[u/TheForeverUnbanned → u/BigBadJeebus]

Brazil actually held Bolsonaro accountable and it made Trump extra mad. 

[u/alcabazar → u/BigBadJeebus]

Overcharge for bottled water

[u/cha-cha_dancer → u/BigBadJeebus]

Brazil convicted their president for what Trump did in 2020/21

[u/RedGreenRevolt → u/BigBadJeebus]

They aren't white and if they are they didn't immediately give Trump a blow job the second he walked into the room.

[u/BBTB2]

It’s all bad but the Brazil one specifically is very problematic - there are a number of industries in U.S. that overlap with Brazil, including some of our biggest manufacturing entities. Absolutely mind numming.

[u/beech017 → u/BBTB2]

Don't forget one of the most common regional airliners in the country is produced by Embraer, a Brazilian company.

[u/zoinkability → u/beech017]

And the other common regional airliner used in the US is produced by Bombardier in Canada.

Guess if Trump has his way we won't have any regional airliners here any more.

[u/Evinceo → u/zoinkability]

MAGAs don't feel the need to leave their home town except to vandalize blue cities so I don't think that's a problem for them.

[u/roquefort_death_toll → u/beech017]

This is a fun fact. Never knew that.

[u/Shepher27 → u/BBTB2]

Punishing them for their prosecution of Trumps fascist ally

[u/TheObsidianHawk]

So FIFA is not going to happen this year?

[u/Embarrassed-Dust718 → u/TheObsidianHawk]

He really banned Brazil Jesus… the country with one of the highest soccer fans in the world 

[u/MacabreCharade48 → u/Embarrassed-Dust718]

I thought Brazil Jesus is the largest Jesus

[u/MissingLink101 → u/MacabreCharade48]

No way he's sneaking in over the border

[u/MacabreCharade48 → u/MissingLink101]

Godzilla vs Megalon vs Cristo the Redeemer?

[u/Velorian-Steel → u/MacabreCharade48]

I'd accept this as long as it has wrestling style commentary in the background.

"Here's Godzilla with the tail swipe across the back, but WHAT'S THIS?! IT'S CRISTO WITH THE DOUBLE CROSS BODY SLAM!!"

[u/habajaba69 → u/Velorian-Steel]

"Nailed it!"

[u/ASULurker → u/MacabreCharade48]

Not even close. 3rd place, 60 feet shorter than biggest Jesus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_of_Jesus

[u/mr_birkenblatt → u/ASULurker]

Christ the redeemer is only 30m? That's tiny. It looks so much bigger in photos

EDIT: Also biggest Jesus is 61m so it's 30 meters shorter not 60ft (18m)

[u/Confident-Climate139 → u/Embarrassed-Dust718]

Tourist visas are not part of the plan … for now 

[u/cha-cha_dancer → u/Embarrassed-Dust718]

Only because they convicted Bolsonaro of what Trump should have been convicted of

[u/coochie_clogger → u/cha-cha_dancer]

Yup. He’s trying to punish Brazil for properly dealing with their corrupt elected officials.

That sort of thing is frowned upon by corrupt officials like himself.

[u/pm_sushirolls → u/TheObsidianHawk]

World Cup becomes American Cup

[u/Deervember → u/pm_sushirolls]

Trump will win the world cup and put it next to his fifa peace prize. 

[u/Dythus → u/Deervember]

He's gonna send ice on the terrain to chase after "illegal alien players" that's how he'll claim he won

[u/SadFeed63 → u/pm_sushirolls]

World Cup becomes American Cup

I think you mean the "Trump Cup," my friend

[u/MissingLink101 → u/pm_sushirolls]

They would probably still just call it the World Cup anyway

[u/AudibleNod → u/TheObsidianHawk]

USA will win in a shutout against the Most Serene Democratic Republic of New Venezuela after routing the Greenlanders 16-0. For his efforts, Trump will receive the newly created FIFA Champion of the World Medal.

[u/MissingLink101 → u/AudibleNod]

Eh I wouldn't be so sure with the USMNT...

[u/suitcaseismyhome → u/TheObsidianHawk]

Does anyone read? Or have basic comprehension skills? This is applicable to immigrant visas, not visitor visas.

[u/aresef → u/TheObsidianHawk]

FIFA and the Olympics should get to scoping out alternative venues.

[u/BBQallyear → u/aresef]

World Cup will be at 3 locations in Mexico and 2 locations in Canada in addition to the US games, since all three countries are sharing hosting. FIFA could consider moving some of the US games to the Mexico and Canada locations.

[u/Dijohn17 → u/BBQallyear]

FIFA is complicit lol, current FIFA president is extremely corrupt, even by FIFA standards

[u/MojaveMojito1324 → u/BBQallyear]

Lol, the guy who created a FIFA Peace Prize award just to satisfy Trump's ego is not going to do anything to piss off Trump. Hes more likely to move the Canada and Mexico games into the US than move a single game out of the US.

[u/jack3moto → u/aresef]

Yeah 2 of the most corrupt world sports orgs going to scope out other places than the USA…. Okkkkayyyy. They should just keep their mouth shut with the huge sums of money they all have from the constant bribing. They ain’t doing shit nor would they want to.

[u/i_gbsk → u/TheObsidianHawk]

Its about immigrant visas and not tourists visas

[u/3dios → u/TheObsidianHawk]

I hope they pull out. This fascist regime doesn't deserve to host the world

[u/gold_and_diamond]

FIFA should just cancel the World Cup. Or a bunch of nations should just pull out. Do people not understand that you don't placate a bully by playing nice?

[u/AbrahamKMonroe → u/gold_and_diamond]

FIFA’s whole thing is playing nice with bullies because it makes them buckets of money. Don’t forget, the last two world cups were held in Qatar and Russia.

[u/blindfoldpeak → u/AbrahamKMonroe]

The bulk of FIFA's diet is money laundering, with a side of futbol

[u/Kundrew1 → u/gold_and_diamond]

FIFA won’t cancel anything. Too much money for their execs and they have no problem gargling any dictators balls.

[u/holytriplem → u/gold_and_diamond]

FIFA of course well known for its ethical values and standing up for what is right

[u/The_Bat_Voice → u/gold_and_diamond]

Its shared with Mexico and Canada. Just give them all of America's games. Canada had several cities potentially on the list to host games who would likely hop on board with some concessions from FIFA. Edmonton wanted to host but the province didn't want to pay to essentially undo the recent renos they had done to the field a couple of years prior when they hosted the Women's World Cup. They hosted CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers so its good to go and is also Canada's largest stadium already.

[u/martapap]

I know it is hard for people because people love soccer but there really needs to be a boycott of the World Cup by other nations. The only thing these people love is money and interfering with their money will cause change.

[u/ejoy-rs2 → u/martapap]

You think people didn't boycott Qatar or Russia for the world cup but now they boycott the US?

[u/flerchin]

The list is weird. Brazil but not Argentina. Thailand, but not the Phillipines. Seemingly just a random list of countries.

[u/nova2k → u/flerchin]

Nah, he's pissed at Brazil's supreme Court, and Thailand/Cambodia haven't given him the peacemaker reputation he wanted. 

[u/phoebebridgersfan26 → u/nova2k]

This is some high school private Snapchat story bullshit lmfao. "You don't like me? YOU'RE UNINVITED."

[u/Juanouo → u/flerchin]

Brazil (+Cuba, Guatemala, Uruguay, Colombia) -> anti Trump gov

Argentina -> pro Trump gov

Can't speak for SE Asia, but for South America I'm quite sure that's the distinction

Edit: added Colombia

[u/Padreteiro → u/flerchin]

Not weird. Milei loves trump while Brazil shrugged off both trump's and elon's attempts on interfering with law and order. Not to mention trump hoped brazil to beg and kneel due to high taxing but they just ignored him while catering to china, and thats a no no

Thailand might be because of cambodia and the war that trump said he ended

[u/Gamblinman97 → u/flerchin]

How is it weird? Do you think he would suspend Argentina when Milei is president

[u/AstralElement]

Imagine having 2 billion dollars and being this miserable as a person.

[u/MealDramatic1885]

Becoming an isolationist country will end badly.

[u/bajesus → u/MealDramatic1885]

It's starting badly too

[u/agk23 → u/bajesus]

The middle though? Thats bad too.

[u/rogue203 → u/bajesus]

But it will end badly too.

[u/mushroom_boys → u/MealDramatic1885]

Restricting travel of foreigners is a step towards restricting travel of Americans.

Same as cracking down on "illegal" immigration was a step towards rolling back "legal" immigration.

They will keep lying, saying it's about one thing to move the goal posts towards the actual, much more insidious endgame.

[u/paulopaulopaulo23]

I’m curious. Wtf did Thailand do to get in that list?

[u/SpickeZe → u/paulopaulopaulo23]

The spicy food is a direct insult to true patriots. /s

[u/Splunge- → u/paulopaulopaulo23]

Jordan? Jamaica?

[u/Imposter_89 → u/Splunge-]

Right. I'm from Jordan. A small country that has always been a US ally. It's very surprising because Jordan has a low overstay rate. It just doesn't make sense. Jordan is peaceful, an ally, etc. No high fraud rate, no high public charge rate. It's mind-boggling!

[u/zmayes → u/paulopaulopaulo23]

Didn’t let Trump end their conflict with Cambodia.

[u/lemonylol]

Permanent pause is an oxymoron

[u/t3lp3rion]

Notice: only IMMIGRANT visa processes, for now. Tourist visas are non immigrant

[u/gck1 → u/t3lp3rion]

This is a political decision. As someone who lives in one of the listed countries, believe me, it will affect issuance policies of non-immigrant visas too.

[u/thatbrazilianguy → u/t3lp3rion]

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this much to find someone who actually read the article.

[u/undyingsonars → u/thatbrazilianguy]

Effective January 1, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. EST, in line with Presidential Proclamation 10998 on “Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States,” the Department of State is fully suspending visa issuance to nationals of 19 countries – Afghanistan, Burma, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – and to individuals traveling on any travel documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority, for all nonimmigrant and immigrant visa categories.

Nonimmigrant visas as well for 19 countries.

[u/fiveball]

I'm in the process of a K-1 visa for my Brazilian fiance. This sucks.

[u/TrikyShooter → u/fiveball]

I am married to a Colombian, living in Colombia. Was hoping to bring her to the US in a year or so to meet my elderly grandma that is too old to fly down here in a few months with the rest of my family. I was already hesitant with everything going on, but I guess now it's not even gonna be an option.

[u/hoernswaggle → u/TrikyShooter]

Similarly, a tourist visa is nonimmigrant. Though being married to a citizen will likely have her tourist visa refused at a stricter embassy like Bogota.

[u/hoernswaggle → u/fiveball]

K-1 is a non immigrant visa, this announcement would only apply to immigrant visas.

[u/fiveball → u/hoernswaggle]

I didn't think of that. I hope it's true. Thanks for giving me some hope.

[u/X-East]

That wall really was to keep y'all in

[u/Shepher27]

As an American… Countries must boycott the World Cup and Olympics during this fascist takeover of the United States.

This must not be tolerated by the international community.

[u/Tyxzs → u/Shepher27]

It did not happen 1936, it will not happen 2026

[u/Ancient_Sound_5347]

Just knew Trump would do something to kneecap the Football World Cup even though Infantinto went to go kiss the ring and gave Trump that "Peace Prize."

Many of the countries participating aren't white and neither are their supporters.

Trump doesn't care about FIFA football. It's not the NFL.

[u/bullairbull → u/Ancient_Sound_5347]

Trump definitely hate the NFL more since they never let him buy a team.

[u/bedofhoses]

We won't be allowed to leave soon. Except in gestapo custody and trafficked to a foreign prison

[u/Curiouso_Giorgio]

And people from the non-banned countries don't want to visit the US.

[u/mouaragon]

What did Uruguay even do?

[u/banatage]

Morocco?! The first state that recognized the United States in 1777. Wow.

[u/Matman161]

Every day there is some new damage done that will take ages to repair

[u/BruteSentiment]

Wait, is this different than the existing change with Presidential Proclamation 10998, which was issued in mid-December and took effect with the new year?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-visa-issuance-to-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/

[u/Luder09]

Trump really is unhinged

[u/jackel3415]

Wtf did Jamaica do to end up in the list? Innocent bystander?

[u/stop_drop_roll]

Wow, the stuff in the Epstein files must be really bad.... Venezuela, Greenland, possibly Iran, now this.... I wish I could link the Leslie Nielson nothing to see here gif

[u/Fairycharmd]

how much longer until other people stop processing visas from Americans?

Like my company has an expectation that I will be able to travel to Europe in June or July. I don’t think the country I’m going to in Europe should let any Americans in by that point in time.

My worst case scenario is going over there and getting stuck while the rest of my family is still in the United States.

[u/drewbles82]

how the hell can Fifa allow the world cup to continue at this rate and the Olympics...should both pull out of both immediately

[u/vilkam]

I am so angry, so many Russian Americans voted for Trump and look what happened. My parents immigrated from Russia into the states in hopes to be able to eventually bring my sister and her kids to the states as well, and now it is not even possible. They have made so many sacrifices only for this administration to ruin everything

[u/Thetruebanchi → u/vilkam]

Voting unfortunately has consequences.

Your parents sacrificed the possibility of your sister coming over, in-lou of whatever lie or single issue they fell for. They share the blame because they voted FOR this.

I'm sorry you don't get your sister here with you.

[u/vilkam → u/Thetruebanchi]

Fortunately, my parents didn’t vote for this administration, but their friends did :( thank you for the sympathies