Embassies to possibly start opening on July 15th

[Reconnecting Reco 24]

The State Dept Twitter just tweeted a hour ago about embassies starting to reopen on the 15th. So far this is the first time any of us have heard any news on this

 

 

[LibbyG99 65]

Hey friend, thanks for sharing this. This is good news. Do you know anything about the embassy in Addis and their reopening? I see they changed their travel warning from a Level 4 to Level 2 so that is promising.

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6 minutes ago, LibbyG99 said:

Hey friend, thanks for sharing this. This is good news. Do you know anything about the embassy in Addis and their reopening? I see they changed their travel warning from a Level 4 to Level 2 so that is promising.

No nothing yet but hopefully we will hear something by next week. As of now the internets been out in the country so patiently waiting still.

[SETETA 204]

Another with the same info from DOS Twitter.

[JeanneAdil 6,485]

Phased openings according to DOS

 

 

The department’s overall plan to return diplomats to the field, obtained by Foreign Policy, makes clear that there’s no across-the-board timeline for reopening U.S. embassies and consulates abroad and that going back to a normal work routine depends on the individual country. Axios and other media outlets first reported on the plan. It divides recovery into four incremental phases—Phase 0, 1, 2, and 3—of bringing officials back to work, based on two-week blocks of monitoring downward trends in infection rates. If infection rates spike, the State Department will have its employees return to a previous phase, where fewer workers will come into the office and those who come in will adhere to stricter social distancing and hygiene measures. 

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1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

Phased openings according to DOS

 

 

The department’s overall plan to return diplomats to the field, obtained by Foreign Policy, makes clear that there’s no across-the-board timeline for reopening U.S. embassies and consulates abroad and that going back to a normal work routine depends on the individual country. Axios and other media outlets first reported on the plan. It divides recovery into four incremental phases—Phase 0, 1, 2, and 3—of bringing officials back to work, based on two-week blocks of monitoring downward trends in infection rates. If infection rates spike, the State Department will have its employees return to a previous phase, where fewer workers will come into the office and those who come in will adhere to stricter social distancing and hygiene measures. 

Source? (Please don't let it be the Adios thing again).

Edited July 12, 2020 by sl1pstream

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8 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

Source? (Please don't let it be the Adios thing again).

It is worth noting that this is about the general phases for opening the embassies. However, the DOS twitter response is specifically about the date for phased resumption of routine visa services. Slightly different.

[NMHayek 56]

5 hours ago, Reconnecting Reco said:

The State Dept Twitter just tweeted a hour ago about embassies starting to reopen on the 15th. So far this is the first time any of us have heard any news on this

 

 

Thanks u! This looks like they will lift the State Department’s order to close the Embassies work wide. That is at least a big step forward 

Edited July 12, 2020 by NMHayek

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8 minutes ago, NMHayek said:

Is it possible for you to provide a link to the post you commented on? Or can u screen shot the original post that you commented on so  we can find it on Twitter. I’d like to see other replies and questions   thanks! 

If you click the time 12:22 PM · Jul 11, 2020 it will link you to the post.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, qwer123we said:

If you click the time 12:22 PM · Jul 11, 2020 it will link you to the post.

 

 

Thank you!

[eirinlinn 105]

16 hours ago, LibbyG99 said:

Hey friend, thanks for sharing this. This is good news. Do you know anything about the embassy in Addis and their reopening? I see they changed their travel warning from a Level 4 to Level 2 so that is promising.

Same for B&H! I'm feeling very optimistic and hopeful! 

[eirinlinn 105]

17 minutes ago, eirinlinn said:

Same for B&H! I'm feeling very optimistic and hopeful! 

Lame, I reached out to them via email and kinda got an automated response that they will resume routine visa services ASAP but are ''unable to provide a specific date at this time''. 

 

😔

[NMHayek 56]

The US Embassy in Egypt announced this:  "The U.S. Embassy in Egypt has canceled all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments – including diversity visas – through September 30, 2020."

Guess we have a date at least of possible resumption... See link for the announcement. 

https://eg.usembassy.gov/consular-services-update/

[Uiyl 56]

On 7/12/2020 at 2:22 AM, LibbyG99 said:

Hey friend, thanks for sharing this. This is good news. Do you know anything about the embassy in Addis and their reopening? I see they changed their travel warning from a Level 4 to Level 2 so that is promising.

Hi, when I wrote to them on last week of June if they will treat spousal visa as mission critical and resume services, I had received the auto-generated response that they are unable to tell when they will resume. Hope we hear some good news soon. 

[LibbyG99 65]

On 7/11/2020 at 7:04 PM, Reconnecting Reco said:

The State Dept Twitter just tweeted a hour ago about embassies starting to reopen on the 15th. So far this is the first time any of us have heard any news on this

 

 

Reconnecting Reco- I know you're out of the Embassy in Addis too. Did you see what they posted recently? 

 

https://et.usembassy.gov/announcement-student-and-other-u-s-visas/