{"id":"SEC-20-012","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all embassies and consulates)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"20","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs","authority":"INA secs. 221-222 (8 U.S.C. 1201-1202); 22 CFR 41","instrument":"Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, effective Mar. 20, 2020)","title":"Suspension of Routine Visa Services","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"phased resumption post by post from July 14, 2020; routine services curtailed through 2021","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-07-14","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TRAV","CRT"],"addressees":["all visa applicants worldwide"],"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. As resources allow, embassies and consulates will continue to provide emergency and mission critical visa services.","enforcement":"Administrative (no appointments; no adjudication)","functions":["LB the H-2A and H-2B pipeline (Monterrey, Mexico processes most H-2A visas)","HR","FP planting and harvest crews"],"notes":"The government act that stopped the seasonal workforce at the consulate door; partly relieved for H-2 by Ex. SEC-20-013.","sourceUrl":"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200323231639/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":25963,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-20","url":"/library/SEC-20-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-20-012","citation":"Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, effective Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-20-012)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-20-013"]}