Amid the U.S. government shutdown, the Embassy in India said that while passport and visa services will continue. However, the embassy clarified that scheduled passport and visa services both within the United States and at US embassies and consulates abroad will continue as circumstances allow.

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The current US government shutdown is the first in nearly seven years, with the last partial shutdown occurring during Donald Trump’s first term in 2018.

As with past shutdowns, all non-essential federal services have come to a halt. However, “excepted” employees, those whose work is deemed necessary to protect life and property, are required to continue working without pay until the s

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