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Immigrant-visa appointments are paused worldwide. Applications were not universally canceled.
Embassies are adjusting interviews while consular staff receive new public-charge training. No official restart date has been announced.
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What paused
The reported action concerns immigrant-visa appointments. It is not a blanket halt to tourist, student or other nonimmigrant visa categories.
How long
A former State Department official said appointments were paused through August. The department itself has not committed to that timeline.
Why now
The training follows a judge's rejection of a separate 75-country visa policy. The new pause is worldwide and tied to individual public-charge screening.