How Would a Government Shutdown Affect Immigration Cases?--Merged With many many others

[John&Lena 17]

On the 'U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs' facebook page, I asked if interviews are still going on and if interview dates are still being given out.

They gave me this reply:

"Our consulates and embassies abroad are continuing normal operations."

I guess we'll see what happens now, I'm still waiting on my packet 4.

[Nikkosan 127]

The person said they were sorry but the consulate was closing and would reopen tomorrow. They told him he will be first in line tomorrow for an interview.

UGH, I hope everything went well afterwards?

So the partial government shutdown is affecting pay services. And any political party representatives that tries to change previous policy created by their preceding fellow elected representatives by hijacking current funding of government services and our tax dollars are at best irresponsible and at worst evil.

AMEN!

[xprecious32 50]

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates General in Canada are open, and Consular and American Citizen Services are operating normally. For additional information please consult our website canada.usembassy.gov or travel.state.gov. For border information please check the Customs and Border Protection website at cbp.gov.

From the Montreal Canada consulate website

[slvrfx576 15]

My wife went for her interview yesterday, 10/3, at the US Embassy in Sofia and everything was working according to schedule. She was approved. Today her CEAC status was updated to "issued".

[Amber and Peter 0]

Good to hear things are running okay for now...but I wonder how much longer that will continue? Especially with no end in sight to the shutdown...

[NickD 203]

Latest news on this shutdown and only time will tell how long it will last.

"Federal agencies that deal with immigration will be impacted by the government shutdown. But that doesn’t mean the government’s business with immigration -- from paperwork processing to immigration arrests -- will stop.

Most of the employees in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement, are considered “essential.” So it’s a priority to keep them on the job. Only a small number of workers are considered “non-essential” and subject to furloughs.

Here’s how the shutdown will impact immigration agencies:

Immigration paperwork

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that processes immigration paperwork, will hardly be impacted at all.

Unlike some other government agencies, they’re almost entirely self-funded. The fees they charge cover 95 percent of their budget, according to spokesperson Christopher Bentley.

One of the agency’s services will be powered down, however. E-Verify, a federal program that checks whether employees are authorized to work in the U.S., is federally funded, and will go dark until funding is restored."

Nephew works for a national park, claims its also self supporting, but sitting at home without pay. He is not very happy, still has to pay the rent. Tourist are not very happy either. Parks have fixed cost, they are going in a hole, labor is only a part of it. Local businesses are also suffering, all because we elected a bunch of idiots to rule us.

[jaskamiin 5]

Is anyone aware of how the government shutdown is going to affect petitions?

As I understand it, new petitions/applications will not be accepted, however in-process ones will continue to be processed. That should mean that speed up the process for those being reviewed, for those of you who are "en-route".

[you & i 16]

did you read this on the uscis.gov website ?

[semidevil 12]

can you provide the source that says new petitions will not be affected?

[Sukie 1,460]

Is anyone aware of how the government shutdown is going to affect petitions?

As I understand it, new petitions/applications will not be accepted, however in-process ones will continue to be processed. That should mean that speed up the process for those being reviewed, for those of you who are "en-route".

Jaskamiin, if you are going to post something like this that is going to upset a lot of people, it would always be better to post your source. Otherwise, it is just "hearsay" and unsubstantiated. The processing of petitions and applications are supported by the fees that we pay - not funded by the US budget.

I troll the immigration news every day, and have not read anything that says this.

Here is the only news I have heard about how the government shutdown is affecting immigration - and it has to do with Immigration Courts:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=230192054

Sukie

[Jgoodall 0]

Will the government shut down affect our paper work in progress? Just wanted to know if anyone else was wondering the same thing. I sent off my I-129F September and with this government shutdown im just wondering how this will affect us.

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to General Immigration Discussion Forum~

~Line of inquiry related to many immigration processes~

[odain&Jodene 6]

I have no idea if it will but i hope no

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to General Immigration-Related Forum~

~Line of inquiry applicable to several visa processes~

[jaskamiin 5]

Jaskamiin, if you are going to post something like this that is going to upset a lot of people, it would always be better to post your source. Otherwise, it is just "hearsay" and unsubstantiated. The processing of petitions and applications are supported by the fees that we pay - not funded by the US budget.

I troll the immigration news every day, and have not read anything that says this.

Here is the only news I have heard about how the government shutdown is affecting immigration - and it has to do with Immigration Courts:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=230192054

Sukie

I never said I knew anything, but rather as I understand it. The whole point of the post was a question...