DOS Updates Website to Increase Understanding of Family-Based Immigrant Visa Processing

On February 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) updated its website to provide information on its implementation of a fully digitized visa application process for family-based immigrant visa cases [PDF version]. The DOS explains that the worldwide implementation of the new processes for family-based applications, implemented in December 2019, will increase efficiency and reduce processing times.

The DOS states that the updates to its website are to help petitioners and their family members understand the new fully digitized visa application process. The updates, in and of themselves, do not represent any policy change to family-based immigrant visa processing.