USCIS office closings alert
USCIS is publishing same‑day office closures and temporary hour changes and telling applicants to check before appointments. The agency’s online office‑closings page lists affected locations and advises applicants to verify status on the day of their interview or biometrics. (uscis.gov)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is telling applicants to check its office-closings page the day of their appointment because some offices are posting same-day closures and temporary hour changes. (uscis.gov) The agency’s office-closings page says it lists only locations that are closed or operating on changed hours, not every U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office. The page was last updated on April 9, 2026. (uscis.gov) The affected offices can include field offices, application support centers, asylum offices, and international offices. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says applicants should verify an office’s status before traveling for interviews, biometrics, or other in-person appointments. (uscis.gov) Field offices handle interviews for green card and other non-asylum cases, while application support centers collect fingerprints, photographs, and electronic signatures for biometrics appointments. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says field offices do not allow walk-ins and generally require appointments. (uscis.gov, uscis.gov) The warning carries extra weight for biometrics appointments because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says a missed appointment can lead the agency to treat the related filing as abandoned and deny it, unless the person timely requests rescheduling or otherwise qualifies for an excuse. (uscis.gov, uscis.gov) For biometrics, the agency says rescheduling requests must be made through a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services online account before the original appointment time, and the applicant must show good cause. If the online request fails, the agency directs applicants to its Contact Center at 800-375-5283 or to the Emma virtual assistant. (uscis.gov, uscis.gov) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says offices can close because of inclement weather or other unexpected events. In its policy manual, the agency says it may try to contact people with scheduled appointments and their lawyers or accredited representatives when a facility closes and appointments need to be rescheduled. (uscis.gov, uscis.gov) Applicants can use the agency’s office locator to find the correct field office or application support center, then check the closings page again before leaving home. The practical change is simple: confirm the office is open on the day of the interview or biometrics appointment. (uscis.gov, uscis.gov)
