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Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020)

USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1

USCIS · United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)
Level
Federal
Authority
8 U.S.C. 1103(a); 6 U.S.C. 271
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-18
End
2020-04-01 as announced; extended to at least May 3 and then to June 4, 2020 (Ex. 055, 056; closure period confirmed in 85 Fed. Reg. 59655, Ex. 049) (read as 2020-04-01)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • applicants and petitioners with appointments at USCIS field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers
  • employers sponsoring workers and their counsel
Functions reached
  • HR onboarding of foreign-national hires: biometrics (ASC) appointments cancelled, delaying employment authorization documents, adjustment interviews and naturalization
  • CRT public-office closure
  • WF
Character
context
Collection
Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Operative words

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.... USCIS field offices will send notices to applicants and petitioners with scheduled appointments and naturalization ceremonies impacted by this closure. USCIS asylum offices will send interview cancellation notices and automatically reschedule asylum interviews...

Enforcement

Administrative: appointments, biometrics and interviews cancelled; ASC closures suspended fingerprinting required for employment authorization and adjustment

Notes

Reaches every employer sponsoring or employing noncitizen workers (technology, healthcare, agriculture, hospitality, universities).

Retrieval note

Live uscis.gov archived alert.

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