The Department of State is now requiring all immigrant visa applicants to take an interview in their designated consular district or their country of nationality, with limited exceptions.

Effective November 1, 2025, the National Visa Center will schedule immigrant visa applicants in their country of residence or, if requested, country of nationality.

Residents of countries where routine visa operations are suspended or paused should apply at their designated immigrant visa processing post, unless the applicant is a national of another country with ongoing operations.

Nonimmigrant visa applicants must be able to demonstrate residence in the country where they are applying, if the place of application is based on their residency.

Also, starting October 1, the Department of State has upda

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