{"id":677,"date":"2020-06-08T12:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/?p=677"},"modified":"2020-09-01T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:55:26","slug":"making-sure-employees-are-ready-when-visa-interviews-resume-tips-for-consular-interviews-in-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2020\/06\/08\/making-sure-employees-are-ready-when-visa-interviews-resume-tips-for-consular-interviews-in-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sure Employees are Ready when Visa Interviews Resume: Tips for Consular Interviews in the New Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Consulates around the world are beginning to reopen and start scheduling visa appointments and it is critical for applicants to be well prepared for their interviews.\u00a0 Recently, the Department of State revised its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), to include a new, heightened adjudication standard for blanket L-1 applications.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full text of this post by Duane Morris attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/teodoradpurcell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teodora Purcell<\/a>, please <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/2020\/06\/08\/tips-for-consular-interviews-in-the-new-normal-making-sure-employees-are-ready-when-visa-interviews-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit the <em>Duane Morris Immigration Law Blog<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Consulates around the world are beginning to reopen and start scheduling visa appointments and it is critical for applicants to be well prepared for their interviews.\u00a0 Recently, the Department of State revised its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), to include a new, heightened adjudication standard for blanket L-1 applications. To read the full text of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2020\/06\/08\/making-sure-employees-are-ready-when-visa-interviews-resume-tips-for-consular-interviews-in-the-new-normal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making Sure Employees are Ready when Visa Interviews Resume: Tips for Consular Interviews in the New Normal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[863,13,861,862,860],"ppma_author":[1043],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-foreign-affairs-manual-fam","tag-immigration","tag-interview","tag-u-s-department-of-state","tag-visa-appointments"],"authors":[{"term_id":1043,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}