Update On COVID-19 Consular Operations: An Oxymoron

Over the past two years, we as a global society have had to adjust our lifestyles to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and its never-ending variants. We've put travel plans on hold, learned to work remotely, specifically in the field of immigration, and grown comfortable with ever-changing and unpredictable travel bans, vaccination, and testing requirements.

As immigration lawyers, we've had to manage the expectations of our clients on when they can visit their families again. We've learned to coordinate highly complex visa interview options and venue-shopped for previously unexplored locations to ensure that, in the extreme cases of business necessity or medical emergencies, foreign nationals were still able to travel.