What US Embassies Have Not Started Processing Mission Critical Visas?

[David & Olga 124]

The Department of State shut down US Embassies across the globe around the middle of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Since then, it's been almost 8-Months since the closure/suspension of in-person interviews and visa processing. While a lot of Embassies have started to phase out their resumption of visa services, some have been completely mute and unresponsive - like the Embassy in Moscow, and the Embassy in Colombia. It's been an unjust amount of time to be prolonging the separation of families that have already waited a long immigration process in angst, just to arrive as a weary traveler to the doorstep of a closed Embassy.

 

The Department of State identified Mission Critical Visa Services in a Phase Resumption update back in July 14th of this year and some of these Embassies have not shown any sense of urgency - while some others have. 

 

A list of the Embassies that remain closed ought to be brought to the attention of the State Department in some form or another to point out their dereliction of duty to U.S. Citizen sponsored immigration. 

[Muffinji 43]

I believe the opening of the Embassies are dependent on the severity of the COVID cases. If the country has managed to control their COVID cases and bring down the rate of infection, the embassy will start to reopen. 

At any point if there is a spike in cases the embassies that are open will close back. 

I do not think they remain close due to the lack of a sense of urgency but more as a safety measure for their staff. 
 

 

 

hang in there. 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

I'm pretty sure the State Department is aware of which embassies are processing visas and which are not. Are you looking to create a list and contact them?