{"id":155792,"date":"2021-03-31T06:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=155792"},"modified":"2021-03-31T09:28:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:28:08","slug":"us-embassy-expands-waiving-of-in-person-interviews-for-nonimmigrant-visa-renewals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/us-embassy-expands-waiving-of-in-person-interviews-for-nonimmigrant-visa-renewals\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy expands waiving of in-person interviews for nonimmigrant visa renewals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"251\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/US-Visas-Travel-to-the-United-States.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126004\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States Embassy says that the US Department of Homeland Security has temporarily expanded consular officers&#8217; ability to waive the in-person interview requirement for individuals applying to renew their nonimmigrant visas in the same classification.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is good news because the US Embassy&#8217;s nonimmigrant visa unit in Santo Domingo remains closed for routine visa services. Until now, only those applicants whose nonimmigrant visa expired within 24 months were eligible for an interview waiver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy is in effect until 31 December 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Embassy says that the change will allow consular officers to continue processing specific nonimmigrant visa applications while limiting the number of applicants who must appear at a consular section, thereby reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission to other applicants and consular staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/expansion-of-ability-to-waive-in-person-interview-for-nonimmigrant-visa-renewals\/\">US Embassy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>31 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Embassy says that the US Department of Homeland Security has temporarily expanded consular officers&#8217; ability to waive the in-person interview requirement for individuals applying to renew their nonimmigrant visas in the same classification.&nbsp; This is good news because the US Embassy&#8217;s nonimmigrant visa unit in Santo Domingo remains closed for routine visa &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/us-embassy-expands-waiving-of-in-person-interviews-for-nonimmigrant-visa-renewals\/\" 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":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155792"}],"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=155792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155817,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155792\/revisions\/155817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}