United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that effective March 23, 2023, the service’s deadline extension policy initially instated in March 2020 will be terminated. As of March 23, 2023, petitioners and applicants no longer have an additional sixty days to respond to agency requests. Instead, responses must be addressed by the deadline specified in the USCIS notice.
Read moreUSCIS Further Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is continuing to extend the flexibilities it originally announced almost three years ago, on March 30, 2020. USCIS’ 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended through March 23, 2023, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
Requests for Evidence;
Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
Notices of Intent to Deny;
Notices of Intent to Revoke;
Notices of Intent to Rescind;
Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers; and
Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
USCIS Once Again Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is continuing to extend the flexibilities it originally announced over two and a half years ago, on March 30, 2020. USCIS’ 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended through January 24, 2023, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
Requests for Evidence;
Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
Notices of Intent to Deny;
Notices of Intent to Revoke;
Notices of Intent to Rescind;
Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers; and
Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests and Will Permanently Accept Scanned Signatures
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is yet again extending the flexibilities it originally announced over two years ago, on March 30, 2020. USCIS’ 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended through October 23, 2022, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
Requests for Evidence;
Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
Notices of Intent to Deny;
Notices of Intent to Revoke;
Notices of Intent to Rescind;
Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers;
Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is once again extending the flexibilities it originally announced two years ago, on March 30, 2020. USCIS’ 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended through July 25, 2022, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
• Requests for Evidence;
• Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
• Notices of Intent to Deny;
• Notices of Intent to Revoke;
• Notices of Intent to Rescind;
• Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers; and
• Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
Read moreUSCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is once again extending the flexibilities it originally announced on March 30, 2020. USCIS’ 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions has been extended to March 26, 2022, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
Requests for Evidence;
Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
Notices of Intent to Deny;
Notices of Intent to Revoke;
Notices of Intent to Rescind;
Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers;
Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests
In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is yet again extending the flexibilities it originally announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors who are responding to:
Requests for Evidence;
Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);
Notices of Intent to Deny;
Notices of Intent to Revoke;
Notices of Intent to Rescind;
Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers;
Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant;
The US Now Requiring Negative COVID-19 Test for Air Travelers from the UK
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that effective December 28, 2020, American and foreign national air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to the United States must test negative for coronavirus via the PCR or antigen test no more than seventy-two hours before departure from the UK to the US. The CDC notes that this order comes after UK public health authorities announced the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 which may be up to seventy percent more transmissible than previously circulating variants. Numerous countries have announced new restrictions on UK travelers due to this new variant.
The CDC notes that this “additional testing requirement will fortify our protection of the American public to improve their health and safety and ensure responsible international travel.” In a statement, CDC explains: "Passengers are required to get a viral test (i.e., a test for current infection) within the 3 days before their flight from the U.K. to the U.S. departs, and provide written documentation of their laboratory test result (in hard copy or electronic) to the airline. Airlines must confirm the negative test result for all passengers before they board. If a passenger chooses not to take a test, the airline must deny boarding to the passenger."
CNN: “Judge blocks administration from implementing 'public charge' rule for immigrants during pandemic”
Last week, on July 29, 2020, Judge George Daniels of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York blocked the government from “enforcing, applying, implementing, or treating as effective,” the “public charge” rule during the COVID-19 pandemic. Separately, the court also blocked the government from implementing or taking any actions to enforce or apply the 2018 FAM Revisions, the DOS Interim Final Rule on Visa Ineligibility on Public Charge Grounds (84 FR 54996, 10/11/19), or the President’s October 4, 2019 Proclamation, “Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System in Order to Protect the Availability of Healthcare Benefits for Americans,” during the COVID-19 pandemic. These injunctions apply nationwide.
Read moreUS Embassies/Consulates To Begin Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services
After suspending routine visa services at US Embassies/Consulates worldwide in March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the US Department of State (DOS) announced this week that US Embassies and Consulates abroad will begin the phased resumption of routine visa services with some posts reopening for limited routine visa services as of July 15, 2020. The resumption of routine visa services will occur on a post-by-post basis, the DOS said, and each post will coordinate with the “Department’s Diplomacy Strong framework for safely returning our workforce to Department facilities.”
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