{"id":150209,"date":"2026-08-26T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/u-s-state-department-pauses-immigrant-visa-applications-wsj\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:50:00","slug":"u-s-state-department-pauses-immigrant-visa-applications-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/u-s-state-department-pauses-immigrant-visa-applications-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQdU9IZ283QnVDZ2x2STVPdXRBUk9HRjVzUUdHZ0xVUGZKUXVUelczVTZxa1lyWGNpZXU3bmxadk5JbTkwNktIbFU3NWp1Vk9NTlVoUTNsSUNyLVk0c2s3cVZfTGhHNHR0aXZjWVJDem4yTmJlallQZGh2N3VOdkFyTUcwYWlvTGYtbG8zTXJqcTZFU0FEbUVlTmI2R2JzN1M4NUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQajVoZFpjTldUZ2dwRVlDSWdVZWplLWhwYVg4b0ZfVUtYM3doUnZ4eE95OHdYSVFIOUM1OGJKODdqcXBIdndpaDJMRS12M21QaG92cDVJTVFsMk1FUXVtV1pkTVBmdWNpMUdzdUtnWEdOc1hYam9GNWxKd3lzNDFSdzdvN0NuTmNLbjV0LUxXdmltR1B6Q3BrdnlMVFhrSUJPWU1aUlFnR1ZibkdfeEVsTDFrbUR5d0JQMVBZazhhSk5OMXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump administration issues pause on immigrant visa appointments for applicants worldwide<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPUW94UTN5YzBuekR3VFhsMGs5VmpFM0FuWnVBVnpxNm83N25HOEJNUm5pQ1dfc3dDWjZhWWdHVC1lYjFETnlaSGdCNVFlZGZpbFhuNGRTWE83OVlQb1pqaGpuZkMzZGdQN3g5cjVQb0dzWmFGUTcybnBPbXcwRGgwS1ZJTDBzVVhkZGY0Smhsd090UmUwaWxTbDd4Yml3VTVRNG54STIzSGpwMmEwXzAybXdSWExDTUFRV2FMRUJaRllCM0s3aEVvT3VEY0hHaFNv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">State Dept. pauses immigrant visa appointments worldwide, says staff need training<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPSV8xR1FPeDVTang4TU1jX3p4YVlNb05iU3JaaHlFdzVCenFKd2hkblQxNTdkS2MyVmg4YlZ6enBidzJQeGw0SlB4MFJmOHFWZERPN3ZTVkVmbE9KSG40eGJZVERFaEVINzFOY2E0c2hBSkVISGZ5OWEtaGpRemZ1LWhqdWVBT0lSQVFiU1BGZ20zVGRUS29QdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPdURzS0F5VXV6cmRBNTl4dTdIbm5fOXFqTDFFNmkyZS1FZ0wtUTlzRWVMZkEyQlNNbmpIblF0SURNRG9OODh0TEozWnZNcnZVcVN5MlZPLTJCQnktSEpzdldwN3ljWGt1bHpVZkJHZU1lVW93Mjd4VVFZUmZGTHhSTVFSZG1ibTRVdnZIWA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump administration&#8217;s 75-country visa ban was illegal, judge rules<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Applications&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ Trump administration issues pause on immigrant visa appointments for applicants worldwide&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters State Dept. pauses immigrant visa appointments worldwide,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/u-s-state-department-pauses-immigrant-visa-applications-wsj\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}