Immigration agency to furlough nearly 70 percent of its workforce

[tacobell fan]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing to furlough nearly 70 percent of its workforce as the agency faces budget shortfalls amid the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesperson for the agency said Wednesday. 

About 13,400 of the agency’s 20,000 employees will receive notice that they will be furloughed starting Aug. 3 if the agency does not receive additional funding from Congress, the spokesperson said in a statement. 

The agency is primarily funded by fees from new immigration applications, but has suspended in-person services amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The spokesperson said USCIS has seen a 50 percent drop in receipts and incoming fees since March, and estimates that application and petition receipts will drop by about 61 percent through the end of fiscal year 2020. 

"This dramatic drop in revenue has made it impossible for our agency to operate at full capacity," the spokesperson reportedly said in a statement. "Without additional funding from Congress before Aug. 3, USCIS has no choice but to administratively furlough a substantial portion of our workforce."

Last month the agency notified Congress of a projected budget shortfall due to the pandemic and requested $1.2 billion in emergency funding, the spokesperson said. 

[MagaMaharaju]

Baga aindhi

[AndhraneedSCS]

unna H-1Bs andarni Reject chesti pampinchesaru ga.. ippudu pani ledu .. dabbulu kuda levu annamata 

[tacobell fan]

5 minutes ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

unna H-1Bs andarni Reject chesti pampinchesaru ga.. ippudu pani ledu .. dabbulu kuda levu annamata 

Too much work chesaru Sprint starting lo, rest of the sprint free ga enjoy cheyyochu

[MagaMaharaju]

46 minutes ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

unna H-1Bs andarni Reject chesti pampinchesaru ga.. ippudu pani ledu .. dabbulu kuda levu annamata 

valla andari usuru tagili untadhi

[Catalpha]

H1B application ki 20,000$ cheste saripotundi

[emitlu]

Baga indi they will know the immigrants value and respect more 

[sureshkonda]

2 minutes ago, emitlu said:

Baga indi they will know the immigrants value and respect more 

Ikkada abcd pillalu replace chestharu h1b's ni

[Scada]

5 minutes ago, Catalpha said:

H1B application ki 20,000$ cheste saripotundi

[AndhraneedSCS]

11 minutes ago, Catalpha said:

H1B application ki 20,000$ cheste saripotundi

mari cheap ga $20,000 enduku. 

 

Lets make it $1,000,000 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, AndhraneedSCS said:

mari cheap ga $20,000 enduku. 

 

Lets make it $150,000 

lol

[tacobell fan]

9 minutes ago, emitlu said:

Baga indi they will know the immigrants value and respect more 

@emitlu??

[dasara_bullodu1]

Corona subside ayyaka desi gallu andarini USCIS loki pampistaru .. raasko samara

[Sucker]

Aug varaku time vundi. Ee lopu funding vasthadi. Akkada matter thakkuva ikkada voopudekkuva.