US Temporarily Pauses Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
WASHINGTON – The United States has temporarily paused immigrant visa appointment scheduling worldwide due to the need to train its consular staff on new procedures, a State Department spokesperson reported on Wednesday. "As we work to accommodate this training thoroughly, visa service appointments will be adjusted," the spokesperson told EFE, without specifying when these services would resume. "When there are changes to visa interview appointment schedules, embassies and consulates communicate any changes directly to applicants," the spokesperson noted, which aligns with messages that visa applicants around the world have begun receiving regarding the suspension of already scheduled appointments. The training is related to new procedures to ensure that recipients of these visas do not impose a burden on public finances and "do not become dependent on public benefits in the United States that Americans qualify for."
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