The government of the United States has announced that it has revoked over 80k non-immigrant visas since January 2025.
This was announced by the U.S State Department on Friday, November 7, 2025
A senior State Department official also revealed that the U.S revoked the 80k non-immigrant visas as a part of efforts against criminal offenses and individuals deemed a threat to national security or foreign policy interests.
The State Department also confirmed that the 80k visas that have been revoked this year are more than twice the number revoked last year.
A breakdown of the number of revoked 80k non-immigrant visas revealed that more than 8,000 student visas were among those affected.
The top reasons for these revocations were assault, theft, and driving under the influence, according to the State Department. These three crimes accounted for nearly half of the revoked visas this year.
The agency said it pulled more than 16,000 visas for driving under the influence offences, more than 12,000 for assault, and more than 8,000 for theft.
“Promises made, promises kept,” the State Department wrote on X, adding that President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “will always put the safety and interests of the American people first.”
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that the details from the State Department that it has revoked over 80k non-immigrant visas come as the administration of U.S President Donald Trump intensified its crackdown against non-immigrant visas.
Recall that in August, 2025, a State Department spokesperson said the government of the U.S had revoked more than 6,000 student visas for overstays and breaking the law, including a small number for “support for terrorism.”
The department also said last month that it had revoked the visas of at least six people over social media comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Trump had repeatedly maintained that his administration would continue to revoke visas for reasons such as indicators of an overstay, criminal activity, a threat to public safety, engaging in any form of terrorist activity, or providing support to a terrorist organization.
Also, Trump’s administration has broadly defined support for terrorism to include criticism of U.S. support for Israel and the Jewish State’s military action and support for Palestinians. The federal government has previously used this as a justification to cancel visas.
Since Trump returned to the White House in January, his administration has also searched for online posts to target foreigners for the potential rescinding of their visas.
On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order to ensure visa holders “do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”
The State Department has also begun asking applicants to make their social media accounts public for government monitoring and that interviews with applicants would determine who may pose a threat to national security.
