In a major judicial setback to restrictive immigration directives, a US federal court has struck down a policy that suspended immigrant visa processing for applicants from Pakistan and 74 other nations, ruling the blanket halt “patently unlawful” under federal immigration statutes.

The federal judge ruled that the executive measure arbitrarily suspended statutory visa processing rights without adhering to mandated legislative frameworks.

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The vacated policy had effectively stalled family-reunification and employment-based immigrant visa pathways across South Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Africa.

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The ruling restores regular consular processing protocols for lawful immigrant visa categories, providing immediate legal relief to hundreds of thousands of applicants caught in bureaucratic gridlock.

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