On July 1, 2011, a temporary moratorium on accepting new applications in the federal Entrepreneur program came into force.
Given the processing times below it is not hard to see why:
Cairo – 7 years, 7 months
Damascus – 7 years
Beijing – 3 years, 7 months
Manila – 5 years, 4 months
New Delhi – 6 years, 10 months
Seoul – 3 years, 10 months
Berlin – 3 years, 9 months
London – 4 years, 6 months
Paris – 7 years, 10 months
Buffalo – 6 years, 6 months