{"id":"FED-327","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all U.S. embassies and consulates)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs","authority":"INA §§ 221, 222; 22 C.F.R. parts 41-42; the Secretary\u0027s authority over consular operations","instrument":"Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, 2020, last updated Mar. 20, 2020)","title":"Suspension of Routine Visa Services","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments cancelled)","end":"2020-07-15 (phased resumption post by post, Ex. FED-328); routine services restored post by post through 2021","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-07-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["all visa applicants worldwide","U.S. employers, universities and families awaiting visa issuance"],"clause":"[The Department of] State is temporarily suspending routine visa services at all U.S. Embassies and Consulates. Embassies and consulates will cancel all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments as of March 20, 2020.... Last Updated: March 20, 2020","enforcement":"consular operations","functions":["HR foreign hires, transferees and students could not obtain visas","LB H-2A and H-2B labor confined to emergency and interview-waiver processing","TV inbound business visitors (B-1) could not obtain visas","CB foreign customers and distributors","MK inbound trade-show attendance"],"notes":"The consular counterpart of the entry proclamations: for 2020 Q2 and half of Q3 the United States issued no routine visas anywhere in the world.","sourceUrl":"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200321043458/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":259311,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-327","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-327","citation":"U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, 2020, last updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-327)","stateName":"","related":["FED-328","FED-211","FED-319"]}