The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of immigration policies and procedures effecting the lives of many families, individuals and businesses.
On March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) temporarily suspended routine in-person services and according to the official communication, USCIS plans to begin reopening its offices on May 4, unless the public closures are extended further.
USCIS offices continue to perform duties that do not involve contact with the public. However, USCIS will provide emergency services for limited situations.
All scheduled in-person interviews, biometrics appointments and naturalization oath ceremonies are cancelled. USCIS domestic field offices will send notices to applicants and petitioners with scheduled appointments and naturalization ceremonies impacted by this temporary closure. USCIS asylum offices will send interview cancellation notices and automatically reschedule asylum interviews. When the interview is rescheduled, asylum applicants will receive a new interview notice with the new time, date and location for the interview. When USCIS resumes normal operations, USCIS will automatically reschedule application support center appointments due to the office closure and applications and petitioners will receive a new appointment letter in the mail and no action is needed to reschedule the appointments.
This alert does not purport to be a substitute for advice of counsel on specific matters. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us, we are here to assist!
