{"id":137726,"date":"2020-03-16T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=137726"},"modified":"2020-03-17T03:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T03:33:54","slug":"us-embassy-curtails-routine-visa-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/03\/16\/us-embassy-curtails-routine-visa-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy curtails routine visa appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USA-Visa-Wikipedia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USA-Visa-Wikipedia.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USA-Visa-Wikipedia-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 virus a pandemic, the United States Embassy announced that it is canceling scheduled visa appointments beginning Monday, 16 March 2020. The visa services will be re-opened as soon as is possible, according to a press release from the US Embassy. The note said that fee paid will be applied to a visa request made in the next 12 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Embassy is telling travelers that visa appointments for emergency travel are being kept. The US Consulate says that it will continue to process those non-immigrant visa requests that do not require an interview. The US Consulate says that certain group visa travel and visa renewals without an interview may be handled online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Consulate says that those with existing appointments will be advised of the new dates for their interviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Consulate says that the American Citizen Services will continue to assist those US citizens living or visiting the Dominican Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/u-s-embassy-will-temporarily-offer-limited-consular-services\/\">US Embassy<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/Diario Libre\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustraveldocs.com\/do\/index.html?firstTime=No\">US Travel Docs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 March 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 virus a pandemic, the United States Embassy announced that it is canceling scheduled visa appointments beginning Monday, 16 March 2020. The visa services will be re-opened as soon as is possible, according to a press release from the US Embassy. The note said that fee paid &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/03\/16\/us-embassy-curtails-routine-visa-appointments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137798,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137726\/revisions\/137798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}