Originally Posted by
Discovery Bay
I am in a similar situation - but a few days behind you.
Does anyone know whether the 'shutdown' is now holding up the processing?
I have a trip coming up at the end of next week.
This must depend on more than one thing - and if anyone knows all the answers I'll be astonished!
- whether the delay is due to processing in the UK or US
- if the US, which department is actually responsible for the checking. Customs and immigration are key workers so are not affected by the shutdown. Whether or not this means that their departments are all fully staffed with 'civilian' employees who might be doing the processing is another matter. It might even be another department altogether!
I think what we can say from the data so far is that applications submitted between 22nd August and 5th September (so 13 calendar days apart) seem to have been approved on 23rd September. If that's consistent, the next batch should come out around the end of this week or the beginning of next.