care_candidate Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 In case government shuts down in next few days (December 2018), will application processing goes on? Heard that some important functions of government will keep working - Don't know how important immigration to them. Any idea? Link to comment
xTDx Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 It depends. Usually DHS and its agencies like USCIS do not stop their workings. USCIS purely runs on application fees and do not usually need government funding. But you never know. Link to comment
cprakash1995 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 I didn't think government/uscis has a shutdown... they only get dec 25th off... Link to comment
newacct Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 USCIS is self-funded, so will keep working during a shutdown. However, immigration processes that involve other departments will be delayed by a shutdown. Link to comment
pontevecchio Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 USCIS is funded by the fees it receives. Hence it should keep on working. It is not dependent on congressional appropriations . Link to comment
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