The United States Suspends Immigration Visas for Citizens of 75 Countries, Including Syria
The U.S. Department of State announced the suspension of all procedures for granting immigration visas to applicants from 75 countries worldwide, including 13 Arab countries, among them Syria, effective as of January 21 of this year.
In a statement issued yesterday, Wednesday, the Department instructed its embassies and consulates around the world to deny immigration visas in accordance with the currently applicable law, without specifying a time limit for the suspension.
The decision includes 13 Arab countries: Syria, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Somalia, and Yemen, according to what was reported by the American network Fox News.
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a post on the platform “X” that the decision aims to “prevent the exploitation of the generosity of the American people.”
The statement also noted that the list of countries includes several non-Arab states, among them Russia, Iran, Moldova, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, in addition to Uruguay and Uzbekistan, among others.
