Thousands face U.S. travel misery after visa glitch

"Several hundred?" Insane. Several thousand are waiting for decisions. It is not just ESTA problems for permission to visit the USA, it is applications for green cards for Japanese who married an American citizen, students who want to continue study in the USA, and Japanese students who need a renewal of a temporary work permit in their field. The government always says the same sentence. "Mistakes were made." It is like "mistakes" are just floating around in the universe like clouds in the sky. Suddenly, a mistake decides to land on someone government agency. It never falls on the head of the director because government competency is like military intelligence. Neither one exists The Japanese need a "Staycation" this year. Spend your money at home, or if there is no other choice, in any country other than the USA.