None of E.U. countries are on the list.

The United States will indefinitely suspend the processing of immigrant visas for nationals from 75 countries effective 21 January, marking a further expansion of the Trump administration’s immigration restrictions amid the ballooning deportation spree in the country.

“The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the United States and exploit the generosity of the American people,” spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement on X. 

The suspension will affect immigrant visas issued for purposes such as employment or family reunification, according to a U.S. official cited by CNN. It will not apply to non-immigrant visas, including student or tourist visas, meaning it will not affect travel related to events such as this summer’s World Cup in the U.S. 

The move follows a State Department directive issued last year calling for heightened scrutiny under the “public charge” provision of U.S.

immigration law, which allows officials to deny entry to individuals deemed likely to rely on public assistance.

Several of the countries included in the suspension were already subject to the administration’s expanded travel ban.

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According to an official source, the full list of affected countries includes Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, the 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, the 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.

Immigrant visa processing from the affected countries would be paused while the department reassesses its procedures “to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits.”