Visa Processing Delays Likely As USCIS Faces Major Furloughs, Unless Congress Provides $1.2 Billion in Emergency Funding

Some 70% of the 20,000 employees of US Citizenship & Immigration Services, the agency within Homeland Security that adjudicates visa-related benefits for all foreign workers, could face furloughs starting as early as August 3, 2020, unless Congress provides $1.2 billion in emergency funding. This budget shortfall was caused by a dramatic decrease in the number of petitions filed with the agency due to the pandemic.  USCIS depends on filing fee revenues to fund its operations.

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