Pause on issuing green cards to citizen of 75 countries

[polk2233 1]

Got approval for my parents' I-130. Right before that, the State Department indefinitely paused issuing green cards for their country (Russia). Processing still continues - fees, DS-260, interview in Poland etc. They both possess one more citizenship, from a country not included in the 75. On DS-260 still have to show Russian address etc because that is where they actually reside, and listed the second citizenship. Can this second citizenship help with going around the pause?   

[wildbug100420 431]

38 minutes ago, polk2233 said:

Got approval for my parents' I-130. Right before that, the State Department indefinitely paused issuing green cards for their country (Russia). Processing still continues - fees, DS-260, interview in Poland etc. They both possess one more citizenship, from a country not included in the 75. On DS-260 still have to show Russian address etc because that is where they actually reside, and listed the second citizenship. Can this second citizenship help with going around the pause?   

No. It's on the country of birth. 

[polk2233 1]

17 minutes ago, wildbug100420 said:

No. It's on the country of birth. 

Interesting... My mom was born in Ukraine (not one of 75), dad in Russia. Both Russian citizen now. How does that affect the pause?  

[JeanneAdil 7,501]

i would think your parent is over 35 as u are an adult and ukraine was part of russia before 1991 

[appleblossom 5,888]

14 hours ago, wildbug100420 said:

No. It's on the country of birth. 

 

"Are there any exceptions?

• Dual nationals applying with a valid passport of a country that is not listed above are exempt from this pause. "

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html

 

So if the OP’s parents have citizenship of a country that isn’t on the list, they can still get a visa. 

Edited yesterday at 03:40 PM by appleblossom

[polk2233 1]

12 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

"Are there any exceptions?

• Dual nationals applying with a valid passport of a country that is not listed above are exempt from this pause. "

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html

 

So if the OP’s parents have citizenship of a country that isn’t on the list, they can still get a visa. 

Yes - this is exactly why I asked the question. "applying with a valid passport of a country that is not listed above" - so they currently do not live in that country. Primary residency is Russia and they just show that second citizenship on one of the later pages rather than on the Personal Information page. Do you know if they are still exempt? 

[polk2233 1]

13 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

i would think your parent is over 35 as u are an adult and ukraine was part of russia before 1991 

It was a part of Soviet Union, not Russia. There is no Soviet Union in the list of countries so I have to pick Ukraine for her. 

[appleblossom 5,888]

4 hours ago, polk2233 said:

Yes - this is exactly why I asked the question. "applying with a valid passport of a country that is not listed above" - so they currently do not live in that country. Primary residency is Russia and they just show that second citizenship on one of the later pages rather than on the Personal Information page. Do you know if they are still exempt? 

 

Yes, as long as they have a passport for that country. They’ll need to take that for the visa to be issued in to.