The State Dept. is issuing Visa's again after database glitch.

[mikeymark]

"WASHINGTON (A.P.) — The State Department is issuing passports and visas again at overseas diplomatic missions after encountering a significant problem with a computer database earlier this month.

Spokesman John Kirby says 45,000 visas were finalized Monday, a third of those in China. He says 33 U.S. embassies and consulates are back online and that visa interviews will restart Wednesday.

The department hopes to get all its facilities back online soon and must work through a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications.

The U.S. announced the hardware failure June 12, causing delays around the world for foreigners and some Americans needing travel documents.

The failure didn't affect domestic passport issuance.

It was the second major glitch in the consular database in a year."

[Randy W]

 

"WASHINGTON (A.P.) — The State Department is issuing passports and visas again at overseas diplomatic missions after encountering a significant problem with a computer database earlier this month.

Spokesman John Kirby says 45,000 visas were finalized Monday, a third of those in China. He says 33 U.S. embassies and consulates are back online and that visa interviews will restart Wednesday.

The department hopes to get all its facilities back online soon and must work through a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications.

The U.S. announced the hardware failure June 12, causing delays around the world for foreigners and some Americans needing travel documents.

The failure didn't affect domestic passport issuance.

It was the second major glitch in the consular database in a year."

 

 

 

Thanks for catching that for us! The A.P. wire was quoted in several publications, including US News and World Report

 

State Department issuing visas again at diplomatic missions overseas after database failure

[L.G.]

Any idea if this has impacted approvals as well? Impatiently waiting for my wife's CR1 approval

[Randy W]

It has impacted interviews and interview scheduling - your wife's visa cannot be approved until she interviews.

[L.G.]

It has impacted interviews and interview scheduling - your wife's visa cannot be approved until she interviews.

She interviewed a few months ago and we are now in the Admin Processing stage due to CCP.

[Doug]

Friend of my wife got the visitor visa approval 2 days ago. She said her visa may take 2-4 weeks because of the backlog. We will see.

[RobertH]

Friend of my wife got the visitor visa approval 2 days ago. She said her visa may take 2-4 weeks because of the backlog. We will see.

Gives you time to get rid of the porn and test the patch job on the inflatable sheep you need to get rid of.