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Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: USCIS Office Preparing to Reopen on June 4

USCIS has announced today that it is planning to reopen local offices on June 4. On March 18, USCIS temporarily suspended all in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers as a response to COVID-19. USCIS…

Jenny ZhanApril 24, 2020

Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: U.S. and Canada Border Closure Likely to be Extended

On March 21, U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the land borders between the three countries will close to non-essential travel. The initial closure was to last through April 20, with options to extend if necessary. Canadian Prime Minister Justin…

Jenny ZhanApril 17, 2020

Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: USCIS Temporary Office Closure Extended Until at least May 3

On March 17, 2020, USCIS temporarily suspended in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers (ASC) to help slow the spread of the COVID-19. The initial suspension was until April 1, this date has now been…

Jenny ZhanApril 1, 2020

Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: Additional U.S. Embassies and Consulates Cancel Visa Appointments

Additional U.S. Embassies and Consulates that cancelled and rescheduled their nonimmigrant and immigrant visa appointments due to the COVID-19 outbreak. These consulates have stopped routine procedure for most except for emergency U.S. citizen service. These are the latest updates: The…

Jenny ZhanMarch 26, 2020

Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: USCIS Temporarily Closes Offices in Rome and Nairobi to the Public

USCIS has announced on March 25, 2020 that it has temporarily closed its offices in Rome, Italy and Nairobi, Kenya to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows the March 12 announcement that the U.S. embassies were closed…

Jenny ZhanMarch 25, 2020

Covid 19

Coronavirus Update: U.S. Embassies in Rome and Kingston Closed to Routine Services

Announced on March 11 and March 12, the U.S. Embassies in Rome, Italy and Kingston, Jamaica are closed to visa and other routine services. Only emergency American citizen services and emergency visa services will be available. Emergency American citizen services…

Jenny ZhanMarch 12, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

USCIS to Close International Immigration Offices

Politico.com reported on March 12 that USCIS had plans to close all international field offices. The agency is currently in preliminary discussions to transfer the workload of the international offices to the domestic offices and the State Department. The reasoning…

Jenny ZhanMarch 18, 2019