In its pursuit to increase flexibility related to filing deadlines, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has announced a Policy Manual update regarding filings and responses whose due dates fall on Saturdays, Sundays, or federal holidays. Effective immediately, USCIS will consider a filing or response submitted on paper timely filed if it is received “by the end of the next business day” after the weekend or federal holiday. The Service notes that although the receipt date for these cases will continue to “reflect the date USCIS physically received the request, USCIS will consider the benefit request timely filed.”