The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has said the closures will help cut costs and clear its backlog.
The Trump administration is set to shut all but seven of the country's citizenship and immigration offices around the world by August 2020, with offices from across Mexico to Seoul in South Korea expected to close within the next 12 months.that it was set to"adjust" its"international footprint" to just seven locations in the coming year.
In addition to those three locations, USCIS will continue to operate international field offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, China; Nairobi, Kenya; and New Delhi, India. Already, USCIS has shut down offices in Moscow, Russia, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Manila in the Philippines.The citizenship and immigration agency has said that the closures will help cut costs and help clear the agency's backlog.
"In the months ahead, USCIS will close its other international offices on a staggered schedule, ensuring a smooth transition of workloads to USCIS domestic offices and State Department consular sections, while mitigating impacts on USCIS staff who will rotate back to domestic positions," he said.
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