Pakistan is in touch with the US officials on the suspension of immigrant visa processing, hoping that the process “will resume soon,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday.
The statement comes as US State Department has ordered an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries including Pakistan, effective January 21, 2026.
“The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates,” the department said in a post on X.
It added that the freeze will remain active until the US can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.
Addressing a weekly briefing in Islamabad today, the spokesperson said that Foreign Office had also seen a “brief statement” issued by the US State Department about an internal review.
He added that Pakistan is in touch with US authorities to seek further details, describing the situation as evolving.
“We are in touch with US authorities to ascertain further details … this is an evolving news that we are following. We understand this is internal ongoing process of review of US immigration. (We) hope that routine processing of immigrant visa will resume soon.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
