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US consulates around the world have now introduced a stricter rule that limits the number of applicants who can benefit from an interview waiver when renewing their visa.<\/p>\n
With immediate effect, visa applicants are only entitled to waive an interview if they either<\/p>\n
Previously, this rule applied to visas that had expired within the last two years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n All applicants who do not fall under one of these two exceptions must expect to appear for a personal interview at the consulate before their new visa is issued.<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n \n US consulates around the world have now introduced a stricter rule that limits the number of applicants who can benefit from an interview waiver when renewing their visa.<\/p>\n With immediate effect, visa applicants are only entitled to waive an interview if they either<\/p>\n Previously, this rule applied to visas that had expired within the last two years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n All applicants who do not fall under one of these two exceptions must expect to appear for a personal interview at the consulate before their new visa is issued.<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”30px” header_2_text_color=”#008AFC” header_2_font_size=”35px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22link_text_color%22,%22link_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-heading-color%22:%91%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_3_text_color%22,%22header_5_text_color%22,%22header_6_text_color%22,%22quote_text_color%22,%22header_text_color%22,%22header_4_text_color%22,%22header_3_text_color%22,%22header_5_text_color%22,%22header_6_text_color%22,%22quote_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-body-color%22:%91%22text_text_color%22,%22text_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-secondary-color%22:%91%22quote_border_color%22,%22quote_border_color%22%93}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n As of January 22, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for immigrants applying for lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This is the case for green card applicants filing Adjustment of Status applications from within the US, or those consular processing their immigrant visas at a consulate overseas.<\/p>\n However, green card applicants will still need to have a medical exam completed by a USCIS civil surgeon, and certain vaccines are still required as part of the green card process. Including:<\/p>\n In sum, U.S. green card applicants no longer need to provide proof that they received the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updated immigration guidelines: As of January 22, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for immigrants applying for lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This is the case for green card applicants filing Adjustment of Status applications from within the US, or those consular processing their immigrant visas at a consulate overseas. However, green card applicants will still need to have a medical exam completed by a USCIS civil surgeon, and certain vaccines are still required as part of the green card process. Including: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio Measles Mumps Rubella Rotavirus Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Meningococcal disease Varicella Pneumococcal disease Influenza In sum, U.S. green card applicants no longer need to provide proof that they received the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-post-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adomatimmigration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}US consulates tighten interview waiver – what you need to look out for now<\/h2>\n
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Updated immigration guidelines:<\/h2>\n
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