{"id":150371,"date":"2026-08-26T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/state-dept-pauses-immigrant-visa-appointments-worldwide-says-staff-need-training-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:59:42","slug":"state-dept-pauses-immigrant-visa-appointments-worldwide-says-staff-need-training-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/state-dept-pauses-immigrant-visa-appointments-worldwide-says-staff-need-training-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. pauses immigrant visa appointments worldwide, says staff need training &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/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\/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\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNZGg0b3NCRm1Ra0pnOVpSYU13NHhkWFVyU3ZVTXhQY0dOSVVYR0t5Nm9yYlZkcFA2UWwyOHY3WG9sU0w5SFlISzFic28wN1BNdnJzZjVvUUhSWU1aYnJONDRWaDRfSk50aHFvdUtJelJoaXhHcDBUSkZTYXVaOVpHNllzanF1bHZKZHZpSE5aTzA2UEVGLUdSMzNpLWpfQ0pMaGNnaV9NQmtwN3czeVhqR3RxOXBWSF9ITzlTNE5Ca2NaVGpSQkY4M0hlckprbHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Frustration in China as US freezes green card interviews worldwide, citing \u2018training\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">South China Morning Post<\/font><\/li>\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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Dept. pauses immigrant visa appointments worldwide, says staff need training&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Trump administration issues pause on immigrant visa appointments for applicants worldwide&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters US&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/26\/state-dept-pauses-immigrant-visa-appointments-worldwide-says-staff-need-training-the-washington-post\/\" 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-150371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150371","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=150371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}