USCIS Extends Existing COVID-19 Accommodations on RFEs, NOIDs, Appeals and Other Responses Through March 31, 2021

In its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USCIS is further extending its 60-day deadline extension policy for responses to various agency actions to March 31, 2021. The accommodation will continue to be available to stakeholders responding to or filing the following: 

• Requests for Evidence (RFE),
• Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID),
• Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR),
• Notices of Intent to Terminate EB-5 Regional Investment Centers (NOIT), as well as Notices of Intent to Rescind,
• Form I-290B appeal/motion filing requirements to reopen an adverse USCIS decision, and
• Form N-336, Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings filing date requirements.

The accommodations, which were initially announced in March 2020 as a means of minimizing negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, were originally set to end in September 2020 and have been extended several times.