<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852916109321691599</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:00:11.754-08:00</updated><category term='Exchange Visitor Program'/><category term='Student Visas'/><category term='U.S.'/><title type='text'>Law Firm of Asherson, Klein &amp; Darbinian</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashersonlaw.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/852916109321691599/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashersonlaw.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Asherson, Klein &amp;amp; Darbinian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10861468718470345049</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852916109321691599.post-7667244693012410912</id><published>2011-11-22T03:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T03:04:35.615-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exchange Visitor Program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Student Visas'/><title type='text'>Department of State Temporarily Halts Issuance of Student Visas Due to Technical Difficulty</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;The Department of State has just identified a problem with the  communication process between its Consolidated Consular Database and the  Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s Student and Exchange Visitor  Information System (SEVIS). This issue was identified on Monday,  November 14, 2011. The two agencies are now investigating this  communication difficulty in order to provide a resolution as soon as  possible.   According to the Department of State, in order to ensure the highest  level of data integrity and consistency, the issuance of all F, M and J  visas has been temporarily halted at all U.S. embassies and consulates.  This may affect the travel schedules and plans of prospective students  and exchange visitors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/852916109321691599-7667244693012410912?l=ashersonlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ashersonlaw.blogspot.com/feeds/7667244693012410912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ashersonlaw.blogspot.com/2011/11/department-of-state-temporarily-halts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/852916109321691599/posts/default/7667244693012410912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/852916109321691599/posts/default/7667244693012410912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ashersonlaw.blogspot.com/2011/11/department-of-state-temporarily-halts.html' title='Department of State Temporarily Halts Issuance of Student Visas Due to Technical Difficulty'/><author><name>Asherson, Klein &amp;amp; Darbinian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10861468718470345049</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
