The State Department has said that U.S. embassies and consulates around the world will resume visa services soon.
The Trump administration has greatly restricted immigration and travel to the United States though the worldwide suspension of U.S. visas, except for emergency cases.
In the campaign’s latest move, the country barred international students from taking full online classes this fall semester, even as many universities in the U.S. move to online-only coursework due to the uncontrolled outbreak in several states. That decision has sparked controversy and has been challenged in court by over 12 states and over 200 universities.
While talking about the imminent restart of visa services, a State Department spokesperson said: “The resumption of routine visa services will occur on a post-by-post basis, in coordination with the Department’s ‘Diplomacy Strong’ framework for safely returning our workforce to Department facilities.”
The spokesperson added that they are “unable to provide a specific date for when each mission will resume specific visa services.”
No embassy or consulate has revealed plans to resume visa services for now.
As visa services are about to restart, travel from more than two dozen countries to the U.S. is still barred under Donald Trump’s presidential proclamations — for any expatriate who has traveled in the prior two weeks through Iran, China, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Ireland and Europe’s Schengen Area.
