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USCIS Extends Flexibility for Responding to Agency Requests (e.g. RFE, NOID, etc.)

According to the USCIS, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is extending the flexibilities it announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to certain:

  • Requests for Evidence;

  • Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14);

  • Notices of Intent to Deny;

  • Notices of Intent to Revoke;

  • Notices of Intent to Rescind and Notices of Intent to Terminate regional investment centers;

  • Filing date requirements for Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings (Under Section 336 of the INA); or

  • Filing date requirements for Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion.

Notice/Request/Decision Issuance Date:

This flexibility applies to the above documents if the issuance date listed on the request, notice or decision is between March 1 and Sept. 11, 2020, inclusive. 


Response Due Date:

USCIS will consider a response to the above requests and notices received within 60 calendar days after the response due date set in the request or notice before taking any action. It will consider a Form N-336 or Form I-290B received up to 60 calendar days from the date of the decision before it takes any action.


Resource: USCIS

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