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US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality

(travel.state.gov)
115 points cdipaolo | 3 comments | 07 Sep 25 16:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.056s | source
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eterpstra ◴[07 Sep 25 17:17 UTC] No.45160110[source]▶
Can anyone explain a rational political motivation behind this? I realize "less immigrants" is the hand-wavy explanation, but how does this benefit those in charge?
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1. mnky9800n ◴[07 Sep 25 17:19 UTC] No.45160145[source]▶
Immigrants don’t apply for non immigrant visas
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2. throw-the-towel ◴[07 Sep 25 18:07 UTC] No.45160675[source]▶
Not defending the US here, but are you saying that overstaying your visa does not exist?
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3. viceconsole ◴[07 Sep 25 18:19 UTC] No.45160795[source]▶
Their point was that this change applies to non-immigrant visas (which in theory are only issued to people who do not intend to immigrate to the US), not immigrant visas.

While true, the State Department already made the same change to immigrant visas a few days ago: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/a...