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Technological Systems Issue
June 22, 2015
Visa Systems Issues
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.
Q: How long before you restore full system functionality?
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.
Overseas and domestic passports are being issued.
Q: How many travelers are affected by this outage?
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.
Q: Once operational, how will cases be prioritized?
We are already prioritizing urgent humanitarian cases and temporary
agricultural workers. Once the systems are fully operational, we will work
as quickly as possible to clear the backlog of pending visa cases.
We apologize to travelers and recognize that this has caused hardship to
some individuals waiting for visas.
Q: What about domestic passports?
Domestic passport operations are functioning, with some processing
delays. These technical problems have affected the intake of some mailed
applications and same-day service at our passport agencies; however, we
continue to issue routine and expedited passports to U.S. citizens for all
overseas travel needs.
Q: What about overseas passports?
Overseas passport applications are being processed. There have been
delays in some cases, but posts overseas are able to issue emergency
passports in urgent cases.
Q: What about the foreign agricultural workers (H2A visa holders?)
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.
Technological Systems Issue
June 22, 2015
Visa Systems Issues
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.
Q: How long before you restore full system functionality?
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.
Overseas and domestic passports are being issued.
Q: How many travelers are affected by this outage?
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.
Q: Once operational, how will cases be prioritized?
We are already prioritizing urgent humanitarian cases and temporary
agricultural workers. Once the systems are fully operational, we will work
as quickly as possible to clear the backlog of pending visa cases.
We apologize to travelers and recognize that this has caused hardship to
some individuals waiting for visas.
Q: What about domestic passports?
Domestic passport operations are functioning, with some processing
delays. These technical problems have affected the intake of some mailed
applications and same-day service at our passport agencies; however, we
continue to issue routine and expedited passports to U.S. citizens for all
overseas travel needs.
Q: What about overseas passports?
Overseas passport applications are being processed. There have been
delays in some cases, but posts overseas are able to issue emergency
passports in urgent cases.
Q: What about the foreign agricultural workers (H2A visa holders?)
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.
