The Federal Government Partial Shut Down has ended today and the government has resumed normal operations and trying to gain back momentum since Thursday morning. This was a 16-day shutdown. Although it was a partial shutdown, lot of government services were disrupted as well as thousands of employees were furloughed from their jobs.

 Check the previous H1BWiki post on United States Government Shut Down.

The President Obama has signed the short-term bill ending the partial shut down on Thursday early morning, which was cleared in the House late Wednesday on a 285-144 vote. This bill lets the furloughed workers resume work as well as get the government services  back to normal working conditions.

Shut Down Impact on Non-Immigrants

This shut down had major impact to those non-immigrants who were filing LCA (Labor Condition Application), since the DOL (Department of Labor) was also under partial shutdown.  Also as a part of the government shut down, the E-Verify System was closed. All the features and services are now functional and back to normal conditions.

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