Press Releases 09
Embassy Resumes Consular Services
Mexico City, May 7, 2009 – Mexico and the United States continue to cooperate closely to mitigate the outbreak of 2009-H1N1 influenza. As restrictions on public gatherings in Mexico have eased, the Embassy is moving to resume normal operations.
Effective Wednesday, May 6, American Citizen Services resumed normal operations at the U.S. Embassy and at consulates nationwide. All nonimmigrant visa operations at consular posts in Mexico will resume normal operations on Monday, May 11; some nonimmigrant visa applicants will be seen on Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8.
All previously scheduled nonimmigrant visa applicants will be contacted directly by the scheduling service about their rescheduled appointments.
New visa appointments can be made following the regular procedure via phone or internet. Information on making an appointment can be found on the Embassy website at: http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/evisas.html.
Immigrant visa appointments in Ciudad Juarez will resume normal operations on Monday, May 18. Further information on rescheduling immigrant visa appointments is available on Consulate General Ciudad Juarez’s web page at http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/.
Finally, the Benjamin Franklin Library will reopen to the public on May 11.
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