Families are waking up to a nightmare.
In 75 countries, immigrant visas are about to vanish overnight, and millions are being cut off from the lives they’ve spent years building toward. Parents, spouses, and children now face a brutal countdown to January 21, 2026. No one expected the list to be this long, this random, this cru… Continues…
For people in the 75 affected countries, this is not an abstract policy shift—it is a rupture in real lives. Couples who have already sold homes, resigned from jobs, or pulled children out of school now find themselves trapped in limbo, their futures suspended by a decision they did not see coming. The suspension slices through every continent and class, affecting doctors and laborers, students and grandparents, all with the same blunt force.
Behind the diplomatic language of “limited exceptions” lies a harsh reality: most will not qualify. Some will race to file before the deadline, others will gamble on appeals or humanitarian waivers, and many will simply watch their plans disintegrate. What remains is a deep sense of betrayal and uncertainty, as families recalculate everything—from where they will live to whether they dare to hope again.