WHAT WILL HAPPEN

[suala22 0]

Hi,i head USCIS will be shutting down the cr1 visa,so what will happen to we the once waiting for our approval for NOA2??

[canadian_wife 1,795]

Where did you hear this? Can you cite where you 'heard' it?

[Pamela&Terry 1]

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/06/am-possible-government-shutdown-threatens-tax-day-foreign-aid/?refid=0

Read this, im already scare and I dont understand anything. This means what it says?? can this really happen?

[Ryan H 3,796]

Hi,i head USCIS will be shutting down the cr1 visa,so what will happen to we the once waiting for our approval for NOA2??

What are you talking about???

[raj1975 10]

Hi,i head USCIS will be shutting down the cr1 visa,so what will happen to we the once waiting for our approval for NOA2??

anyway even without a shutdown the process is too slow, so after a shutdown you can basically forget it.

my vote going to a third party not democrats or republican if they let the government shutdown and delay the petitions further, this two party system is not working anymore.

Bailing out banks, car companies etc passed without any issues, not sure why so much talk and talk around Government shutdown? but can't come to an agreement. Does not make any sense.

Edited April 6, 2011 by raj1975

[Ryan H 3,796]

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/06/am-possible-government-shutdown-threatens-tax-day-foreign-aid/?refid=0

Read this, im already scare and I dont understand anything. This means what it says?? can this really happen?

OK, I think I get it now. That story is about the possible shutdown of the US Government if there is no budget agreement. What would happen in a shutdown is "non-essential" personnel would be told to stay home. When that happens as it relates to USCIS, cases are not adjudicated. If there is a shutdown, it would depend on how long it lasts to determine what kind of delay there would be. This also affects scheduled interviews at Embassies and Consulates.

[Pamela&Terry 1]

I get it now too it not only affects us , it affects the entire country in different ways.

Read this link.

http://money.msn.com/taxes/latest.aspx?post=3d2a5969-6440-4eef-b35e-c2909ee12977&_nwpt=1

There's no question it would inconvenience the public in ways large and small. Consider some of the impacts of the three-week shutdown in 1995-1996 -- all of which could be repeated this time around:

1.New patients were no longer accepted into clinical research at the National Institutes of Health. In addition, NIH disease hot lines and CDC disease surveillance were stopped.

2.Work on more than 3,500 bankruptcy cases in the federal court system was suspended.

3.Hundreds of thousands of "nonessential" federal workers were furloughed for three weeks, from mid-December 1995 to early January of 1996. (Some of those workers eventually received back pay for their missed days.)

4.Of $18 billion in Washington, D.C.-area federal contracts, $3.7 billion (more than 20%) were affected adversely by the funding lapse.

5.The National Park Service closed 368 sites, for a loss of 7 million visitors. The National Park Service administers 84.4 million acres of federal land in 49 states and other federal territories. Since 2008, park visits have totaled 285 million annually.

6.National museums and monuments closed, including the Smithsonian and other government buildings, with an estimated loss of about 2 million visitors.

7.More than 600 toxic waste dump sites went untended and uncleaned during the last shutdown. About 2,400 Superfund employees did not work.

8.The recruiting and testing of new law enforcement officials -- including 400 Border Patrol agents -- were suspended.

9.During the last shutdown, 20,000 to 30,000 applications for visas by foreigners went unprocessed each day, along with 200,000 applications for U.S. passports. Airlines also suffered, as many prospective travelers were unable to fly.

10.The Department of Veterans Affairs had to cut many of its services -- including health care, welfare, travel and finance -- as the department could not process compensation claims.

11.The shutdown meant a delay in processing alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives applications by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

12.The National Weather Service did not produce its regular reports.

13.New Social Security claims were not processed, because the agency furloughed more than 61,000 employees. As the shutdown continued, the agency regrouped, recalling workers to start processing new claims again.

It's clear that government shutdowns can be nasty business: They have required the cessation or the reduction of government activities and affected all sectors of the economy, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.

Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to reach a budget deal during a Capitol Hill meeting. The meeting lasted less than an hour, but the two men "agreed to continue working on a budget solution," spokesmen for the two said in separate statements.

[xelance 31]

....you dont understand anything but you are already scared? Huh? I would try to understand the article as best as I could, then express my emotions. It does not help when you don't understand the words...

[Pamela&Terry 1]

....you dont understand anything but you are already scared? Huh? I would try to understand the article as best as I could, then express my emotions. It does not help when you don't understand the words...

What I was trying to say is that I don’t understand why the visas would be affected, now that I READ it I understand it and yes I’m scared for what could happen with our applications.

I’m sorry for expressing my emotions and how this affect you but last time I checked visa.journey.com was for support each other and express our “emotions” not for criticizing and being sarcastic with each other.

[YuAndDan 153]

Multiple postings in the political forum about possible .GOV shutdown.

Moving this to the political forum with the others..

[xelance 31]

What I was trying to say is that I don’t understand why the visas would be affected, now that I READ it I understand it and yes I’m scared for what could happen with our applications.

I’m sorry for expressing my emotions and how this affect you but last time I checked visa.journey.com was for support each other and express our “emotions” not for criticizing and being sarcastic with each other.

I was not being sarcastic or criticizing you, I now understand what you were trying to say. All I was saying was that your original post made no sense... Answer to your original question, yes it can happen.

Edited April 6, 2011 by xelance