{"id":"FED-324","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all USCIS field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","authority":"agency authority over its offices; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(9) (appointments)","instrument":"USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020","title":"USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18 - April 1","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-18 through 2020-04-01 (extended to May 3 and June 3, 2020)","end":"2020-06-04 (offices reopened under the conditions of Ex. FED-325)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-06-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["applicants for naturalization, adjustment of status, biometrics, asylum interviews and InfoPass services","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, interviews and naturalization ceremonies postponed","CS immigration law practice","WF"],"notes":"A federal public-office closure for the whole of 2020 Q2 (through June 3, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-temporarily-closing-offices-to-the-public-march-18-april-1","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":147437,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-324","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-324","citation":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020 (Ex. FED-324)","stateName":"","related":["FED-325"]}