{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-061","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs","authority":"8 U.S.C. 1104(a), 1201(a)","instrument":"Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (July 14, 2020)","title":"Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services","dateIssued":"2020-07-14","effective":"2020-07-15","end":"Continuing; post-by-post through 2021","startDate":"2020-07-15","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TRAV","CRT","CAP"],"addressees":["visa applicants worldwide","U.S. employers and schools"],"clause":"The Department of State suspended routine visa services worldwide in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As global conditions evolve, U.S. Embassies and Consulates are beginning a phased resumption of routine visa services. The resumption of routine visa services will occur on a post-by-post basis, in coordination with the Department\u0027s Diplomacy Strong framework for safely returning our workforce to Department facilities. U.S. Embassies and Consulates have continued to provide emergency and mission-critical visa services since March and will continue to do so as they are able.","enforcement":"Consular scheduling","functions":["HR: confirms that routine visa issuance was suspended from March 2020 and restored only gradually and unevenly, with priority categories, through 2021","LB","CB","TR"],"notes":"In force as the operating posture on every day of 2021 Q3; the Department\u0027s own statement that routine services had not been fully restored.","sourceUrl":"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/phased-resumption-routine-visa-services.html","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200802075158/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/phased-resumption-routine-visa-services.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":264767,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-061","citation":"Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (July 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-061)","stateName":"","related":[]}