US Embassy in Russia suspends issuing nonimmigrant visas

US Embassy in Russia suspends issuing nonimmigrant visas US Embassy in Russia suspends issuing nonimmigrant visas — The U.S. Embassy in Russia says it will suspend issuing nonimmigrant visas in Moscow for eight days and will stop issuing visas at its consulates elsewhere in Russia in response to the Russian decision to cap embassy staff. The embassy said in a statement Monday that it made the decision after the Russian Foreign Ministry’s order to cap the number of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia. The embassy said it would resume issuing visas in Moscow on Sept. 1, but would stop giving visas at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok.