Dear Families-
Just wanted to share with you the message we received, from
Rebecca of Joint Council:
Dear Colleagues,
We’ve received a number of inquiries regarding the effects of the U.S.
federal government shutdown on visa processing for adoptions and other
services related to intercountry adoption., A reminder that USCIS and NBC
are both fee for services offices and, therefore, not affected by the
shutdown., The Bureau of Consular Affairs is also not effected by the
shutdown., Therefore, there should be no issues with adoption cases relating
to the federal government shutdown., This being said, if you have families
traveling overseas we recommend you contact the Embassy that will process
the visa, just in case.