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发帖数: 513 | 1 http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/news/technologic
The Bureau of Consular Affairs is in the process of resolving technical
problems with our visa systems. Though some progress has been made,
biometric data processing has not been fully restored.
Our team continues to work on this 24/7 to restore the systems to full
functionality.
As of noon today, 22 posts have been reconnected, representing about half of
the global nonimmigrant visa volume.
We will continue to bring additional posts online until connectivity with
all posts is restored.
Last week, nearly 1,250 temporary or seasonal workers who had been issued
visas in the past were issued new visas in Mexico, and we have issued more
than 3,000 visas globally for urgent and humanitarian travel.
We deeply regret the inconvenience to travelers and recognize the hardship
to those waiting for visas, and in some cases, their family members or
employers in the United States.
We continue to post updates to our website, travel.state.gov.
Public and private sector experts are making progress in correcting the visa
problem, and we are striving to have the system fully reconnected sometime
this week.
As of noon today, 22 posts have been reconnected, representing about half of
the global nonimmigrant visa volume. All our servers appear to be stable.
There is a large backlog of cases to clear, but we have already made good
progress. We will continue to bring additional posts online until
connectivity with all posts is restored.
Most posts were able to handle visa interviews and some visa printing as
usual through the end of last week. This week, many posts have rescheduled
visa appointments.
• We handle an average of 50,000 applications daily worldwide. Many
applicants do not have immediate travel plans, and will receive visas in
time for planned trips. We are prioritizing urgent medical and other
humanitarian cases.
We issued nearly 1,250 H-2 visas for agricultural and temporary workers last
week. These are applicants whose biometric data was captured before the
systems went down.
Additionally over the weekend we worked with DHS/CBP to facilitate the entry
of more than 250 H-2 workers to travel to their places of employment in the
United States.
CBP has agreed to give cases processed through the U.S. Department of State
due consideration. However, no visa applicant, including agricultural
workers, should report to the border without first having applied for a visa
and having been processed through an embassy or consulate.
Based on this weekend’s systems progress, we are currently rescheduling
more than 1,500 H-2 visa applicants who were unable to be interviewed last
week because of systems problems. | m********8
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