{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"USCIS","authority":"8 U.S.C. 1103(a); 6 U.S.C. 271","instrument":"USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020)","title":"USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","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)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["applicants and petitioners with appointments at USCIS field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers","employers sponsoring workers and their counsel"],"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.... 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","functions":["HR onboarding of foreign-national hires: biometrics (ASC) appointments cancelled, delaying employment authorization documents, adjustment interviews and naturalization","CRT public-office closure","WF"],"notes":"Reaches every employer sponsoring or employing noncitizen workers (technology, healthcare, agriculture, hospitality, universities).","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":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053","citation":"USCIS, USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-057","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-054","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-055","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-059","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-056"]}