US Immigration.
U.S. State Department News about Hiring Consular officers to reduce Visa Backlog at consulates for Immigration application Cases like I-130, I-140, H1B, L.1, I-485, I-765, E.A.D & B1 B2 Visa.
The Good News: State Department is planning to hire, more consular and foreign service officers in the 2022 fiscal year.
The Not so Good News: Many posts will not see any additional staff until the second half of fiscal year 2022 or fiscal year 2023. so what other options are in place to address this backlogs?. There are other options like Virtual Interviews, Trusted Traveler Model, Going Paperless, etc.
Department of State implement science-based solutions to address its backlog and ensure, efficient and safe processing of visa’s and Green Cards.
State Department has announced the recent US Visa backlog reduction status. Along with that, We have also provided updated status as of today, for world wide visa processing at different US consulates and embassies. we will also discuss about NVC update for both family, dv, tourist and employment visas.
Visa Wait time at US consulates (approximately)
6 months wait or longer for some nonimmigrant visas.
19 months to process just the existing backlog for immigrant visa.
USCIS is currently processing these visa’s on their priority order (starting from IR category, ending with Tourist B1 & B2 visa).
IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, IR-3, K1, SE1, H1B, L1, TN, H2, F, M, J, E1, E2, B1, B2 Visa appointments.
Check individual country wise embassy visa processing status worldwide using the embassy / consulate link.
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00:00 US Visa Backlog reduction highlights
02:45 NVC Backlogs
03:51 Steps by State Department
04:07 #1 Hiring
05:13 #2 Virtual interviews
05:50 #3 The Trusted Traveler Model
07:05 #4 Going Paperless
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