Under the modified regulation, USCIS will temporarily require applicants to proceed with a USCIS contract interpreter, provided the applicant is fluent in one of the 47 different languages available. This temporary final rule changes for the next 180 days the requirement that asylum applicants who do not speak English must bring an interpreter to their affirmative asylum interview. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a temporary final rule to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) by using government-contracted telephonic interpreters for affirmative asylum interviews at no cost to the applicant. We are working as quickly as possible to complete the inta If you have already filed your application and are waiting for your receipt notice, we appreciate your patience. We do not anticipate any receipting delays that would result in a payment that is past its validity date.
Once we open and process your application, we print and mail the receipt notice. The USCIS lockbox workforce¹ is working extra hours and redistributing its workload in order to minimize delays. Some lockbox operations in locations that have been severely impacted by COVID-19 must adhere to stricter local guidelines. Across all USCIS offices, including lockbox facilities, the agency has taken necessary measures such as increased social distancing and frequent cleaning in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control guidance to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The health and safety of our workforce remains a top priority. In some cases, you may experience significant delays if you filed a non-family based Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, or Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, based on eligibility categories described in 8 C.F.R. Delays may vary among form types and lockbox locations. These delays will not affect the receipt date which is determined pursuant to 8 C.F.R. The information below explains the current state of our lockbox operations and the issues affecting receipt notices.Īs a result of COVID-19 restrictions, an increase in filings, current postal service volume and other external factors, you may experience a delay of four to six weeks in receiving your receipt notice after properly filing an application or petition with a USCIS lockbox. USCIS encourages affected individuals to review the settlement agreement for specific information about resubmitting their application or petition or requesting an original receipt date.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, USCIS is experiencing delays in issuing receipt notices for some applications and petitions filed at a USCIS lockbox facility.
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The full details of required documentation and filing addresses for each scenario can be found in the settlement agreement and at the webpages for Form I-589 and Form I-918. USCIS has also agreed to notify affected individuals it has identified who may benefit from the settlement agreement. Individuals who had resubmitted these forms before the effective date of this settlement agreement (July 20, 2021) may also submit documentation on or before July 20, 2022, to obtain an updated receipt date. Individuals whose forms were rejected under the former policy may resubmit their request on or before July 20, 2022, to obtain an updated receipt reflecting the date their rejected request was originally filed. Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient (PDF, 628.59 KB).Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status and.Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal.This agreement is specific to the “No Blank Space” rejection policy that was applied to three forms: District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division, granted final approval of the settlement agreement. Under this former policy, USCIS rejected filings with any blank fields or spaces. The agreement allows certain individuals to receive updated receipt dates for resubmitted immigration benefit applications or petitions originally rejected under the former “No Blank Space” rejection policy. Citizenship and Immigration Services reached a settlement agreement in the case of Vangala et al.
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