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 notes that this flexibility applies to the above “documents if the issuance date listed on the request, notice, or decision is between March 1, 2020, and January 24, 2023.” The agency will consider a response to the above requests and notices received within sixty calendar days after the response due date in the request or notice before taking any action.

Additionally, USCIS will consider a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, or Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings (Under Section 336 of the INA), if:

The form was filed up to ninety calendar days from the issuance of a decision the agency made; and
USCIS made that decision anytime between Nov. 1, 2021, and January 24, 2023.

As the COVID-19 pandemic is still impacting many, it is helpful that USCIS continues to extend these flexibilities.