The United States suspended the issuance of all business and employment green cards except for EB-5 and those for religious workers.

‘Whatever the case, do not worry,’ Drozdova & Partners Law Firm Director Ms Olena Drozdova points out. ‘This is common visa retrogression practice observed at the end of each US fiscal year that lasts from 1 October to 30 September. The everything will be OK in October.’

We remind that there are two legal ways to immigrate into the USA – direct and indirect immigration. Direct immigration provides for applying for and obtaining an immigration visa from a US embassy. Тhis form of immigration is generally available to those seeking to reunite their families, to get married, to immigrate as a bride or a suitor (an immigrant visa for a bride (an immigrant visa for a spouse of a US Citizen, IR1 or CR1) or a spouse of a US citizen who is awaiting for an approval of the request for immigration. This includes US employment-based, job creation and investor immigrant programmes (C5, T5, R5, I5 E E2 E3, and EW3 visas), and Green Card lottery immigration programmes).

To find more about how to immigrate to the United States, the types of visas, and reasons for refusal, please read here.