USCIS Ends COVID Related Flexibilities for Responses to Agency Requests

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.

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USCIS 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:

  1. Requests for Evidence;

  2. Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);

  3. Notices of Intent to Deny;

  4. Notices of Intent to Revoke;

  5. Notices of Intent to Rescind;

  6. Notices of Intent to Terminate regional centers; and

  7. Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.

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