YEREVAN, December 26 /ARKA/. The US Embassy in Armenia provided today additional information regarding passport and visa services.
"At this time, scheduled passport and visas services in the United States and at U.S. Embassies and Consulates overseas will continue during the lapse in appropriations as the situation permits. We will not update this account until full operations resume, with the exception of urgent safety and security information. For information on our services and operating status, visit travel.state.gov.,’ the embassy said in a Facebook post.
Earlier reports said the US government was forced to suspend its operations from December 22 (at least for a month), after the Congress failed to adopt the draft budget for 2019. The reason is the demand of President Donald Trump to include in it the cost of building a wall along the border with Mexico worth about $ 5.7 billion, opposed by Democrats. –0–