If Congress cannot resolve FY2018 funding issues by December 8, 2017, it will result in another federal government shutdown. Such a shutdown will impact immigration services across a number of different government agencies, affecting many of the systems and processes employers rely on to facilitate employment, including E-Verify, visa petition processing, labor certifications and other
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DOS Still Reporting Technological System Issues with Overseas Passport and Visa Systems
The Department of State (DOS) has issued an updated alert to report that 165 posts, representing more than 85% of the nonimmigrant visa demand worldwide, are now online and issuing visas.
On June 25, 2015, DOS updated their alert with the following language:
- The Bureau of Consular Affairs reports that 165 posts, representing more than
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Travelers Beware and Expect Delays: Visa Appointments Cancelled, Being Rescheduled Due to Technical Issues
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
Posted in Consular Issues, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, General Immigration News and Updates, H-1B Temporary Workers, Immigrant Visas, Intracompany Transferees (L-1 and Permanent Residence), Investors, Traders and Entrepreneurs (E visas and Permanent Residence), J-1 Waiver, Non-Immigrant Visas (other than Es, Ls and H-1B), Permanent Residence, Priority Dates, Startup Companies
The US Department of State (State Department or DOS) computer systems are not expected to be online again before next week after experiencing “technological systems issues” (a hardware failure) on June 9th. This information came from the State Department yesterday, June 17th, in an update following their initial announcement regarding the…