On May 27, 2020 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it is preparing some domestic offices to reopen and resume non-emergency public services on or after June 4. Routine in-person services at USCIS field offices, asylum offices and application support centers (ASCs) has been suspended since March 18 to help slow the spread of
USCIS Extends Closure to the Public until May 3, 2020
On March 18, USCIS extended the suspension of all routine face-to-face services with applicants at all of its offices through May 3, to protect its workforce and to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our communities. USCIS offices plan to re-open on May 4, unless the public closures are extended further.
This includes
Travel Ban Revisited: New Executive Order Targets Only 6 Countries
The Trump Administration issued a revised Executive Order on travel with an apparent desire to survive a court challenge by modifying some of the elements that judges found troubling in the January 27 travel ban.
Issued March 6, the new ban, captioned “Executive
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