Overview

• Consular appointments are proceeding "while the situation permits" at posts in Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Recife.
• The embassy has paused routine updates on X and Instagram and will post only urgent security information until full operations resume.
• Nonessential diplomatic activities, including cultural events and cooperation programs, may be reduced until Congress restores funding.
• The funding lapse followed Congress’s failure to pass a budget, pausing nonessential services and furloughing roughly 750,000 federal employees.
• Separate visa-policy changes announced in September—expanded in-person interviews for applicants under 14 and over 79 and a proposed $250 surcharge—were slated to begin Oct. 1, though timing remains uncertain during the shutdown.