{"id":"ECO-C-121","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"C","issuer":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","authority":"8 U.S.C. § 1103; agency management authority","instrument":"USCIS alert of March 17, 2020: \u0027USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1\u0027","title":"Suspension of in-person services at field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Extended to June 4, 2020 (reopening with reduced appointments)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-06-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["applicants and petitioners with interviews, naturalization ceremonies, InfoPass and ASC (biometrics) appointments","employers sponsoring workers"],"clause":"Effective March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is suspending in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This suspension of services will be effective until at least April 1. In the meantime, USCIS will provide limited emergency services.","enforcement":"Agency closure","functions":["HR (work authorization, biometrics, naturalization of employees)","CT public offices","OF immigration law practices"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-temporarily-closing-offices-to-the-public-march-18-april-1","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130603,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-C","url":"/library/ECO-C-121","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-C-121","citation":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of March 17, 2020: \u0027USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1\u0027 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-121)","stateName":"","related":["ECO-C-122"]}