In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services extended the deadline for applicants to respond to requests for evidence. The deadline extension also applies to N-14 continuations to request evidence, notices of intent to deny, and notices of intent to revoke. Additionally, the extension applies to notices of intent to rescind, notices of intent to terminate regional centers, motions to reopen N-400 cases, Forms I-290 B, and N-336 Forms. The extension to file responses applies if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the notices between 1 March 2020 through 30 September 2021.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issues requests for evidence when the agency needs additional information to adjudicate a case. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sends a notice of intent to deny when the agency believes that a problem prohibits granting the benefit. When an applicant receives a request for evidence or notice of intent to deny, the applicant should respond by the deadline. Failing to timely respond may cause U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to deny the benefit if the evidence does not support the application. See 8 C.F.R. 103.2(b)(13) (stating that if the “applicant fails to respond to a request for evidence or to a notice of intent to deny by the required date, the benefit request may be summarily denied as abandoned, denied based on the record, or denied for both reasons”). Considering the extension to file responses, applicants should make an effort to timely respond to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.