To assist applicants, petitioners, and requestors, US Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending some COVID-19-related flexibilities until October 23, 2022. Under these flexibilities, if the request or notice was given between March 1, 2020, and October 23, 2022, inclusive, USCIS considers a response received within 60 calendar days after the due date in the following requests or notifications before taking any action:
- 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;
- Notices of Intent to Withdraw Temporary Protected Status; and
- Motions to Reopen an N-400 Pursuant to 8 CFR 335.5, Receipt of Derogatory Information After Grant.
Furthermore, USCIS will consider a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, or a Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings (Under Section 336 of the INA), if any of the following conditions are met.
The form was filed within 90 calendar days of the issuing of a decision we made between November 1, 2021 and October 23, 2022, inclusive.
USCIS has been reviewing which flexibilities may and should be extended permanently in order to use the lessons gained from our pandemic stance. As a consequence of this assessment, the replicated signature flexibility proposed in March of 2020 will become permanent policy on July 25, 2022.
