This means that applicants in countries that lose full consular processing will likely need to travel abroad to a hub for interviews and application submission, increasing costs and logistical hurdles.
Embassies in non‑hub countries will remain open but with limited services, focusing on assistance for US citizens (passport renewals, emergency consular help), diplomatic visas and special national interest cases, the AP says.
The move is part of broader efforts by the Trump administration to tighten immigration controls and follows other diplomatic adjustments over the past year.
Designated processing hubs include Nairobi (Kenya); Abidjan (Ivory Coast); Accra (Ghana); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Cape Town and Johannesburg (South Africa); Dakar (Senegal); Dar‑es‑Salaam (Tanzania); Djibouti City (Djibouti); Kampala (Uganda); Kigali (Rwanda); Kinshasa (DR Congo); Lagos (Nigeria); Lomé (Togo); Luanda (Angola); Malabo (Equatorial Guinea); Monrovia (Liberia); Port Louis (Mauritius); Praia (Cape Verde); Yaoundé (Cameroon).The change is expected to raise travel costs and logistical hurdles for many Africans; Gambians will now have to travel to Senegal to have their US visas processed.
Since The Gambia is not part of the designated processing hubs, Gambians will now have to travel to Senegal to have their US visas processed.
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