{"id":118709,"date":"2020-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/us-suspends-visa-issuance-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:18:51","slug":"us-suspends-visa-issuance-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/us-suspends-visa-issuance-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"US Suspends Visa Issuance Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Starting March 20, the United States of America has suspended the issuance of routine visas in all countries worldwide amid the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the State Department announced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTo the extent possible, embassies and consulates will continue to issue emergency visas,\u201d the State Department announcement specifies.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why did the US suspend visa issuance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision was made amid the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did this measure take effect?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspension of routine visa issuance began on March 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can visas still be obtained for special cases?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, embassies and consulates will continue to issue emergency visas to the extent possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting March 20, the United States of America has suspended the issuance of routine visas in all countries worldwide amid the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the State Department announced. \u201cTo the extent possible, embassies and consulates will continue to issue emergency visas,\u201d the State Department announcement specifies. Frequently Asked Questions Why did the US&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118709"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}