Ivan R
Feb 17, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Administration Orders U.S. Consulates and Embassies Worldwide to Fire Staff, Terminates DHS Workers and Immigration Court Judges
Trump administration has ordered U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide to begin the process of firing its staff members and has taken further actions to dramatically change the operations of the foreign service moving forward.
These changes have been made in response to President Trump’s executive order entitled, “One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations,” signed on February 12th.
The President’s executive order calls upon the Department of State headed by Marco Rubio to make dramatic changes to the way foreign U.S. Consulates and Embassies operate.
We are now seeing the impact of this executive order playing out in real time. Shortly after the executive order was signed, U.S. embassies around the world began laying off workers. Sources close to the President have said that U.S. Embassies and Consulates have been asked to reduce U.S. staff members and locally employed staff by at least 10%.
Unfortunately, these directives will have extremely harsh consequences for U.S. consular visa processing at Embassies and Consulates worldwide.
Staff shortages mean that wait times for both immigrant and nonimmigrant visa interviews will increase significantly.
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Lena S.Feb 17, 2025
so sad especially for those whose spouse is abroad and they can’t see each other
K 🇺🇸 D 🇭🇳 Feb 17, 2025
@Ivan R can you provide the source where you saw this?
K IFeb 18, 2025
another article said “some”
embassies
Stephany OkineFeb 18, 2025
This is so my story filed from the year 2022 and at NVC now yet to get an interview date for husband. They are really not helping us.
