Fees, forms & filingPOLICY UPDATE
Filing Periods and Response Timeframes Ending on Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal Holidays
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address instances where the last day of filing a benefit request or response to a Request for Evidence or a Notice of Intent to Deny, Revoke, Rescind, or Terminate, falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday.
Effective date and application
This guidance, contained in Volume 1 of the Policy Manual, is effective immediately
Key changes
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address instances where the last day of filing a benefit request or response to a Request for Evidence or a Notice of Intent to Deny, Revoke, Rescind, or Terminate, falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday.
- Clarifies that where the last day of a period for filing a paper-based benefit request (including the last day before a requestor’s or beneficiary’s birthday or the last day of a qualifying time period) falls on Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, USCIS will consider the filing to be timely if received by the end of the next business day.
- Clarifies that where the last day of a period to respond by mail to a mailed Request for Evidence or Notice of Intent to Deny, Revoke, Rescind, or Terminate falls on Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, USCIS will consider the response to be timely if received by the end of the next business day.
Related Policy Manual sections
- 1 USCIS-PM B.6 - Chapter 6 - Submitting RequestsUSCIS
- 1 USCIS-PM E.6 - Chapter 6 - EvidenceUSCIS
- 1 USCIS-PM E.10 - Chapter 10 - Post-Decision ActionsUSCIS
- 5 USCIS-PM B.2 - Chapter 2 - Eligibility, Documentation, and Evidence (Orphan Process)USCIS
- 6 USCIS-PM B.3 - Chapter 3 - FilingUSCIS
- 6 USCIS-PM E.6 - Chapter 6 - Permanent Labor CertificationUSCIS
