SnakeBite

The insanity is not coming from people. It is coming from Trump.
It was a shock change and people were left hanging in mid air. No details had been worked out.
Clueless and compulsive in the White House, make EO's and figure out the how to's later. Absurd.
Not to mention the thousands of people that have been stuck in this process and in AP for long security checks, then have been
issues visas and quit their jobs, sold their belongings, packed their bags and bought a ticket to be with their spouses and fiances
only to be pulled from flights.
All the ones who finally had interviews and now are told forget the interview.
I would pay to see your face had it been you.
It would have been less chaotic had they put a date and freeze of visa issuing ahead of time so people can plan accordingly.
This is a typical Trump blunder, act first think later.
Take that fact and smoke it.
 

Well this is an upsetting reason to be ending my hiatus.
 
I know there is a lot of misinformation in the earlier posts in this thread but hopefully people are caught up in understanding that YES even LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS are being turned away at this point. I have clients who I know personally who are getting caught up in this and am advising certain others, even from countries not currently on the ban list but have contention surrounding them, to be mindful about leaving the U.S. with the new administration since things can turn on a dime over night. 
 
A number of people disagreed with me in the original Trump thread and were convinced that any changes would take time and congressional cooperation. I hope that at least what comes out if this is people wake up and realize how serious this is... 

My wife had her interview this morning and was approved on the spot! The CO told my wife that the passport will be ready by next Monday or Tuesday latest, and she would check to see if it could be done quicker before my wife's flight next Wedneday. It looks like everything should hopefully work out - will be a very Merry Christmas.
Good luck to everyone else still waiting!

Not sure why everyone's arguing about which process is worse. They're both terrible for all involved.
I don't understand the justification for needing to take so long - our visa fees are supposed to cover the costs. So why do have to pay so much and still wait so long? Shouldn't they hire more people to go quicker? Why is the system not more computerized?
None of our families, friends, or colleagues understand why it should take so long. Probably because most people who go through this process go through it only once, so there's really no large constituency to push for reforms.
Oh well. Nothing we can do about it other than to wait and keep our hopes up that everything will go quickly.

Not sure why everyone's arguing about which process is worse. They're both terrible for all involved.
I don't understand the justification for needing to take so long - our visa fees are supposed to cover the costs. So why do have to pay so much and still wait so long? Shouldn't they hire more people to go quicker? Why is the system not more computerized?
None of our families, friends, or colleagues understand why it should take so long. Probably because most people who go through this process go through it only once, so there's really no large constituency to push for reforms.
Oh well. Nothing we can do about it other than to wait and keep our hopes up that everything will go quickly.