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I have been receiving a lot of correspondence on this. Let's just jump in. I thought of making this video after actually receiving a lot of emails, then I went and researched it. I went over to Reuters, reuters.com, the article is titled: Trump Administration to suspend Immigrant Visa processing for 75 Nations. Quoting directly: "Washington, January 14 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's Administration is suspending processing for immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, as part of Washington's intensifying immigration Crackdown. Trump has pursued a sweeping immigration Crackdown since returning to office in January. His administration has aggressively prioritized immigration enforcement, sending Federal Agents to major U.S. cities and sparking violent confrontations with both migrants and U.S. citizens." Quoting further: "While he campaigned on stopping illegal immigration into the United States, his administration has also made legal immigration more difficult." 

Yeah, and if there's one real critique I've had about Trump overall, it's that I don't think most Americans priority is legal immigration. Now that said, I say that knowing full well that yeah what has occurred over the last five years has been tantamount to invasion and so folks that like got in and then somehow got under some kind of temporary protected status, yeah there's like colour of law there, but legality is a different thing. What I'm talking about is look I have got clients that are queued up from across the world trying to get into the United States and have gone through all sorts of things, in some cases things like the U.S Waiver, I mean it's not an easy process to get a visa to the United States these days which is especially kind of galling coming from somebody who has lived over here long enough to know the difference, especially the difference between when we had the local USCIS office here in downtown Bangkok at the largest Embassy in the world, but that was gotten rid of under Trump Administration 1, and it's very odd that it seems like there's an attaché from every other Federal Agency that one can think of in the United States but no, not USCIS because there was a benefit that could be had by Americans being able to process their cases through there for their spouses from here in Thailand. Just generally speaking, all I'm talking about here is I find it concerning that Trump wants to pursue, create all these problems and things in the legal immigration system. I get going after the illegal side, but people that are queuing up and operating in good faith to get a visa to the United States and they want to obey the law, why, why is that a problem? Quoting further: "Quote: "This Administration has proven itself to have the most anti-legal immigration agenda in American history," David Bier, Cato's Director of Immigration Studies and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy said in a statement." Yeah, I have a hard time disagreeing with that.  

Again, I get going after the people who entered illegally to the United States or are trying to enter illegally. Meanwhile, I mean I find it really interesting that amidst all of this, I have brought up fake lawyers in the past, notarios and things, why not go after those folks rather than people that are trying to go through the system legally and lawfully. That said, quoting further: "The list of countries that will be impacted by the suspension according to a US official are: "Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Columbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand" - which I'll get back to him in a moment - "Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen." The fact that Thailand is on this list I find it interesting. I mean Thailand is America's oldest ally in Asia. We have the US-Thai Treaty of Amity which the Thais have always adhered to granting National Treatment to Americans looking to do business here, which notwithstanding the if you will vagaries of the Foreign Business Act here in Thailand, Americans can own their companies outright and there are Treaty trader benefits conferred under that Treaty as well. Long story short, I find it, I just don't see why this would be brought to bear against Thailand, when Thailand is such an old ally of the United States.

That being said, I've recently done reports on this and we are keeping track of it in real time, frankly as I am practicing Immigration Law as we go along here. And in the last reports we read which again Cambodia is noted in here, so they are on this list, apparently Myanmar and Laos. I did videos here recently talking about the Myanmar and Laos and specifically said in there that family-based Visa categories may and probably would be exempted. Now again, remains to be seen. I am making this video as quickly as I learn of this information, so view this for what it is. It's an ALERT. Don't panic right now, that's the first thing I would say. All you folks out there that are processing things like K-1 Fiancé Visas, US Marriage Visas such as the CR-1 for Conditional Residence or the IR-1 for Immediate Relative, or even the K-3 supplemental marriage or Spousal Visa petition, again don't panic right now. Take a breath. These things have, again if you're in processing right now at DHS or something, especially if you have just started the process, it could be a year before you're even dealing with the State Department anyway. But that being said, for those of you out there who are in this process, you're worried about it, just take a breath for a minute. We are going to analyze this, figure out exactly where things stand on this because it was my understanding even with the prior announcements regarding Myanmar and Laos, that family-based petitions were going to continue.

Again, I will do further research. I will figure out what exactly is going on so that it's not as much conjecture. But for now, take this as an ALERT that major developments may be afoot within the US Immigration apparatus, and that may have ramifications and implications for those who are seeking a US Visa from here in the Kingdom of Thailand.