hi friends welcome to 2019 happy new
year I hope you guys had a wonderful
time with your family and friends guys
you'd never believe what happened to me
over the holiday I've been busy
because of this this happened over the
holidays so we're so excited about our
upcoming wedding and I had to share this
wonderful news with you now in this
video I'm going to speak briefly about
case processing times and the government
shutdown what in the world does this
government shutdown mean for you if you
have immigration papers pending before
the government or you might be an
immigration court and you're wondering
what's gonna happen with your upcoming
hearing so in this video I'm gonna touch
on those issues but before I do so as
usual I want to thank you thank you guys
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immigration information now the
government shutdown has entered into its
third week as of the filming of this
video we're entering into the third week
three third week of the government
shutdown so if you have your papers
pending before USCIS okay that will not
be impacted by the government shutdown
what do I mean by that USCIS is funded
by your fees okay your application
filing fees and so they don't rely on
funding from Congress they don't rely on
appropriations to keep the operations
going and so your papers are being
processed as usual slower than usual as
I've been talking about in my other
videos yes case processing times have
slowed down but at least it's still
going through the process okay that's
number one number two if you are in
immigration court
if you have a hearing coming up soon
soon meaning this week next week or
however long this shutdown lasts if you
have you're here and coming up you will
be impacted if you are non detained
meaning you're not detained you're not
in a jail somewhere you're at work
watching this video you're at home
watching this video you're in the train
or bus or somewhere right you're not
detained you will get a notice from the
court letting you know of a new date of
your here and it will be reschedule if
you the government shutdown continues
and the court is closed and not really
closed here's what's happening with
respect to the court they are only
handling cases of people who are
detained okay those who are behind bars
but if you're not behind bars they're
not going to move forward with you're
here and as scheduled during this
shutdown so that's how it's going to
impact you thirdly if you have a visa or
passport application or you need your
you need some sort of counselor process
to happen that will still happen now if
the US Embassy or the consulate in some
country wherever you are today will be
impacted by the shutdown they will of
course notify you of such but as of
today those embassies are functioning
and they're still processing the visas
and the passport okay so that's that
that's that's it in a nutshell guys
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going to learn together good stuff is
ahead friends thanks again for watching
and I will see you guys in the next one
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