In light of a recent post on June 15, 2015, by Shaun Staller, which covers the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announcement that its Bureau of Consular Affairs “is currently experiencing technical problems with [its] visa systems and these issues have resulted in delays in printing visas and may mean rescheduling some visa interviews.” The DOS has provided an update on the issue on June 17, 2015:

The DOS Bureau of Consular Affairs in its efforts to address the technical problems with the visa systems states that the issue is not specific to any particular country or visa category and they do no expect the system to be fully online and operational before next week. They further state that they intend to work as efficiently as possible to clear the backlog of pending cases affected by the technical issues.
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