FYI — All U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) offices are closed tomorrow, December 24th.
December 23, 2020
FYI — All U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) offices are closed tomorrow, December 24th.
This is new. If you had an appointment with USCIS or with an Application Support Center for biometrics, your appointment is going to be canceled and then rescheduled.
The question we hear back from clients is “OK when will we be re-scheduled?” The honest answer is we don’t know for sure but I was told by one USCIS Supervisor this morning that “we’ll try to get them re-scheduled as soon as possible to minimize the disruption.”
If you have questions about this, please email me (John@FoleyLawOffices.com) or call me.
Sorry for being the bearer of (more) bad immigration news but it beats showing up for an appointment to find the building closed.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Please stay safe!
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