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BREAKING NEWS: No US Immigrant VISA For 67 Countries to get Green Cards and Work Permit


December 2nd, 2022 at 07:20 am

To get a US immigrant visa, the first step in obtaining a green card or legal permanent residence, applicants must travel to a consular office for an in-person interview. This critical step is common practice in many nations. In others, applicants may have to travel a long distance to another consulate.

In others, the US does not process immigrant visas at all, forcing applicants to get authorization to go to a third nation for processing.

WHAT’S NEW? US IMMIGRANT VISA

This lack of processing is not a result of COVID-19 closures, but simply a policy choice on the part of the U.S. Department of State In 2022, the State Department is indefinitely offering no routine immigrant visa processing in 67 countries. It is imperative to note that about 720 million people from this countries are affected. The estimation is that, these affected citizens will travel for an average of 669 miles to access alternate consulates.

It almost certainly would have issued many more if not for this significant hurdle. You can find the list of the countries without an immigrant visa processing consulate. The list of countries is based on the list of nationalities that the United States recognizes for purposes of processing nonimmigrant (or temporary) visas.

Countries Without Routine US Immigrant Visa Processing

The table below shows the 67 countries without routine US Immigrant VISA.

Country City Processing Status Alternate Travel Miles Population Immig. Visas*
All countries 669 (mean) 720,411,547 418,974
Afghanistan Kabul Closed since August 31, 2021 Islamabad, Pakistan 294 38,928,346 92,283
Iran Tehran Closed since November 4, 1979 Yerevan, Armenia 488 83,992,949 55,405
Yemen Sanaa Closed since Feb 2015 Cairo, Egypt 1380 29,825,964 45,617
Ukraine Kyiv Closed since Feb 28, 2022 Frankfurt, Germany 962 43,733,762 41,672
Russia Moscow Closed since Feb 28, 2022 Warsaw, Poland 715 145,934,462 34,605
Iraq Baghdad Closed since March 2020 Ankara, Turkey 783 40,222,493 25,960
Venezuela Caracas Closed since Mar 11, 2019 Bogota, Colombia 637 28,435,940 22,128
Syria Damascus Closed since Feb. 6, 2012 Amman, Jordan 109 17,500,658 17,365
Somalia Mogadishu Closed since 1991 Nairobi, Kenya 631 15,893,222 11,043
Belarus Minsk Closed since Feb 28, 2022 Warsaw, Poland 295 9,449,323 10,281
Eritrea Asmara Nonimmigrant-only Nairobi, Kenya 1158 3,546,421 7,159
Guinea Conakry Nonimmigrant-only Dakar, Senegal 438 13,132,795 7,148
Uganda Kampala Nonimmigrant-only Nairobi, Kenya 313 45,741,007 5,982
Azerbaijan Baku Nonimmigrant-only Tbilisi, Georgia 278 10,139,177 5,034
Gambia, the Banjul Nonimmigrant-only Dakar, Senegal 104 2,416,668 4,682
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CONTINUED 2: Countries Without Routine US Immigrant Visa Processing

Tajikistan Dushanbe Nonimmigrant-only Almaty, Kazakhstan 535 9,537,645 4,546
Saint Lucia Castries No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 111 183,627 3,103
Dominica Roseau No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 193 71,986 3,032
Libya Tripoli Closed since Sept. 11, 2012 Casablanca, Morocco 1200 6,871,292 2,408
Grenada Saint George’s No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 162 112,523 2,149
Mali Bamako Nonimmigrant-only Dakar, Senegal 650 20,250,833 1,993
Montenegro Podgorica Nonimmigrant-only Belgrade, Serbia 175 628,066 1,681
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 314 97,929 1,595
St. Vincent & Grenadines Kingstown No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 109 110,940 1,583
Portugal Lisbon Nonimmigrant-only Paris, France 904 10,196,709 1,513
Saint Kitts & Nevis Basseterre No consulate Bridgetown, Barbados 356 53,199 1,429
Burundi Bujumbura Nonimmigrant-only Nairobi, Kenya 535 11,890,784 1,102
Tonga Nuku’alofa No consulate Suva, Fiji 462 105,695 932
Mauritania Nouakchott Nonimmigrant-only Dakar, Senegal 254 4,649,658 841
Denmark Copenhagen Nonimmigrant-only Frankfurt, Germany 417 5,792,202 791
South Sudan Juba Limited NIV Nairobi, Kenya 556 11,193,725 752
Norway Oslo Nonimmigrant-only Stockholm, Sweden 259 5,421,241 589
Chad N’Djamena Nonimmigrant-only Yaoundé , Cameroon 620 16,425,864 332
Samoa Apia Nonimmigrant-only Auckland, New Zealand 1795 198,414 329
Bhutan Thimphu No consulate New Delhi, India 760 771,608 250
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CONTINUED 3: Countries Without Routine US Immigrant Visa Processing

Mauritius Port Louis Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 1913 1,271,768 210
Central African Republic Bangui No visas Yaoundé , Cameroon 488 4,829,767 168
Guinea-Bissau Bissau Closed since June 14, 1998 Dakar, Senegal 232 1,968,001 162
Mozambique Maputo Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 281 31,255,435 151
Namibia Windhoek Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 734 2,540,905 124
Marshall Islands Majuro Nonimmigrant-only Manila, Philippines 3451 59,190 119
Botswana Gaborone Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 229 2,351,627 117
Malta Valletta Nonimmigrant-only Naples, Italy 342 441,543 75
Lesotho Maseru Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 218 2,142,249 66
Korea, North Pyongyang No consulate Beijing, China 503 25,778,816 65
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Nonimmigrant-only Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 918 437,479 55
Eswatini Mbabane Nonimmigrant-only Johannesburg, South Africa 192 1,160,164 49
Luxembourg Luxembourg Nonimmigrant-only Brussels, Belgium 116 625,978 46
Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé No consulate Libreville,  Gabon 187 219,159 45
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Nonimmigrant-only Yaoundé , Cameroon 189 1,402,985 33
Seychelles Victoria No consulate Johannesburg, South Africa 2346 98,347 30
Monaco Monaco No consulate Paris, France 429 39,242 21
Comoros Moroni No consulate Antananarivo, Madagascar 575 869,601 18
Palau Koror Nonimmigrant-only Manila, Philippines 1524 18,094 18

CONTINUED 4: Countries Without Routine US Immigrant Visa Processing

Vanuatu Port Vila No consulate Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 1527 307,145 16
Kiribati Tarawa No consulate Suva, Fiji 1396 119,449 15
Maldives Malé No consulate Colombo, Sri Lanka 476 540,544 15
Timor-Leste Dili Limited NIV Jakarta, Indonesia 1295 1,318,445 13
Micronesia Kolonia Nonimmigrant-only Manila, Philippines 2575 548,914 10
Solomon Islands Honiara No consulate Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 869 686,884 9
Nauru Yaren No consulate Suva, Fiji 1446 10,824 3
Andorra Andorra la Vella No consulate Madrid, Spain 385 77,265 2
Liechtenstein Vaduz No consulate Bern, Switzerland 98.5 38,128 2
Tuvalu Funafuti No consulate Suva, Fiji 667 11,792 2
San Marino San Marino No consulate Naples, Italy 233 33,931 1
Macao Macao No consulate Hong Kong, China 16.1 649,335 0
State of Palestine Ramallah No consulate Jerusalem, Israel 47.6 5,101,414 0
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Source: U.S. Department of State, “Visa Issuing Posts,” 2019, updated by: U.S. Department of State, “U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country,” 2022 (see country pages).

Note: Immigrant visas are for 2012 to 2021.

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