COVID-19 Update: Temporary Closure of the USCIS Field and International Offices

By admin From my Desk June 17, 2020

As per the USCIS Website as updated on June 17, 2020, the following Offices are closed or have temporarily changed hours. At present USCIS locations are not accepting walk-in visits at this time. One has to schedule appointment before arriving at a USCIS office:

Update Relating to the Dallas Field Office

Recently Dallas Field office was closed due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19, also the Dallas field office had stopped receiving the mails. But based on a recent update the Dallas Field Office has begun conducting naturalization ceremonies on Thursday (06/11/2020) in the parking lot of the Dallas Field Office. N-400 interviews also resumed on June 15, 2020 at the Dallas Field Office. The number of interviews scheduled daily will be significantly reduced because of the recent closure. Mail deliveries also resumed on June 12, 2020, but there were some delays in the mail delivery.

Temporarily Closed Field Offices Due to COVID-19

Filed Office	Type of Office	Status
Alabama I. Montgomery	Field Office	Temporarily closed to the public until further notice
California I. Fresno II. Sacramento III. San Francisco IV. San Jose	Field Offices	Closed to Public: Emergency Services Only
Kentucky I. Louisville	Field Office	Closed
New York I. Brooklyn II. New York City	Field Offices	Closed to Public: Emergency Services Only

Filed Office

Type of Office

Status

Alabama

I. Montgomery

Field Office

Temporarily closed to the public until further notice

California

I. Fresno

II. Sacramento

III. San Francisco

IV. San Jose

Field Offices

Closed to Public: Emergency Services Only

Kentucky

I. Louisville

Field Office

Closed

New York

I. Brooklyn

II. New York City

Field Offices

Closed to Public: Emergency Services Only

Please reach out to the USCIS Contact Center for assistance with emergency services.

Also, the following field support offices are now closed. Please contact the nearest field office for assistance.

If one previously visited the field support office in:	Then please contact the field office in:
Fort Benning, Georgia	Montgomery, Alabama
Fort Jackson, South Carolina	Greer, South Carolina
Fort Sill, Oklahoma	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Application Support Centers

All Application Support Center are closed at present.

Asylum Offices

Newark office is closed due to facilities issues. USCIS asylum offices will not be open for walk-in assistance or for non-interview inquiry appointments until further notice. Asylum offices will only be open to individuals appearing for previously scheduled interview appointments. Please contact the asylum offices by email, mail, or phone. Contact information for each asylum office is found using the Asylum Office Locator. If you have an asylum application pending with us, you can check your case status online. You will need the receipt number that we mailed you after you filed your application. Start here: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do.

Permanently Closed International Offices: These Closures are not related to the COVID-19

International Office	Type of Office	Status
Accra, Ghana	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Amman, Jordan	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Athens, Greece	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Bangkok, Thailand	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Frankfurt, Germany	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Johannesburg, South Africa	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Lima, Peru	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Monterrey, Mexico	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Manila, Philippines	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Moscow, Russia	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Rome, Italy	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Santo Damingo, Dominican Republic	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Seoul, South Korea	Field Office	Closed Permanently
Bangkok, Thailand	District Office	Closed Permanently
Mexico City, Mexico	District Office	Closed Permanently
Rome, Italy	District Office	Closed Permanently

Please refer to our previous articles on COVID-19. We will regularly update the blog as soon as any new information is available on COVID-19.

Previous Article Relating to the USCIS Office Closure:

https://www.ahluwalialaw.com/covid-19-update-temporary-closure-of-uscis-international-offices/ (Date of Publication: March 25, 2020)

Disclaimer

This article aims to provide new information concerning COVID-19 and its effect on the Aliens. This article, under no circumstances, acts as legal; therefore, for any further case-specific question, please contact your attorney or the Ahluwalia Law Offices, P.C. (Team ALO).