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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 25, 2015
Earlier this month, we learned that the Department of State had experienced a hardware glitch and were unable to process both nonimmigrant (DS-160 applications) and immigrant visa applications (DS-260s) to the U.S.
It was announced yesterday that 50 posts, representing 73% of nonimmigrant visa demand worldwide, are back online, and the Department of State has been able to begin issuing visas. They are currently working on existing backlogs and hope that all posts will be functional by the end of the week.
The Department of State normally would have issued approximately 450,000 visas during the timeframe from June 9-23 and have issued approximately 150,000 since June 9. Consular Affairs is reporting that they expect to close this gap over the next few days.
You can find the latest information from Consular Affairs here. This includes answers to common questions, as well as a list of posts that are online and able to issue visas.
We hope that our students and scholars will not be affected by this slowdown. However, if you will not arrive in Atlanta by your intended arrival date, please take the following steps:
OIE will continue to update our website as we receive updates.
