U.S. Embassy In Venezuela Has Stopped Issuing First-Time Visas

A view shows the U.S. embassy building in Caracas March 4, 2015. REUTERS/CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS

FOX News: U.S. Embassy in Venezuela halts new visas because of overwhelming demand

CARACAS, VENEZUELA – The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela has temporarily stopped scheduling appointments for first-time visa seekers because of the overwhelming demand, the consular office announced.

The measure applies to all new tourist and business visas, for which an average of 1,800 applications were being filed daily.

Officials at the embassy said they simply don’t have enough staff to serve that kind of demand.

“We had to make this decision because in the last eight months [Venezuela’s] Foreign Ministry hasn’t responded to various requests to increase personnel,” said Lola Petrova, the embassy spokeswoman, said to Fox News Latino.

She said that with the current number of employees they can handle 800 daily appointments at the most.

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WNU Editor: A close friend of mine is from Guyana .... he told me a few weeks ago that even though Guyana is English, Spanish speaking Venezuelans are flooding the country to escape the grinding poverty and suffering in Venezuela. In fact .... according to him .... in some-places you now hear more Spanish than English in the capital city of Georgetown. My prediction .... Venezuela's neighbours better get ready this year for a massive influx of Venezuelan migrants because the situation is certainly not going to improve this year (or the next).