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If you're applying for a US visa from an African country and your local embassy used to handle interviews, that may no longer be true. Since August 1, 2026, the State Department has consolidated routine visa processing across the continent from nearly 50 posts down to just 20 regional hubs — and for applicants in the wrong country, that can mean an international trip just to get to an interview. From 50 Embassies to 20: What the US Visa Hub Consolidation in Africa Actually Me

“The Day the Work Stopped”: Inside South Africa’s Sudden, Shocking Labor Collapse After Migrants Left immigrants.live — July 8, 2026 I. The Silence After Sunrise At dawn, Johannesburg’s industrial district sounded wrong. No forklifts. No shouting foremen. No rumble of delivery trucks. Just a long, unmoving line of people — hundreds of South Africans waiting outside a hiring center that used to process migrant workers. By noon, the line wrapped around the block. By evening, it