U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service
The latest on USCIS’s response to COVID-19 is at uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19.
The Colorado USCIS offices are open, with additional precautions. You can see the latest on all the USCIS offices at https://www.uscis.gov/es/estatus-oficinas.
USCIS is still receiving and processing applications. But receipt notices for applications filed at a USCIS Lockbox are delayed. Most application receipts are being processed within 30 days of the date of delivery.
USCIS is processing work authorization renewals and some other applications using the fingerprints taken previously.
Deadlines for responses to request for evidence, notices of intent to deny, notices of intent to revoke, and notices of intent to terminate dated between March 1, 2020 and January 15, 2022 are been extended for 60 additional days past the original deadline.
If USCIS denies your application between March 1, 2020 and January 15, 2022, and it is a decision that can be appealed, then the deadline for your appeal (Form I-290B) is 60 days from the date of the denial.
U.S. Embassies & Consulates
On March 20, 2020 the Department of State suspended all routine visa services at all U.S. embassies and consulates. Since then, they have begun to provide services on a limited basis, depending on local conditions.
Visit travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/COVID-19-Country-Specific-Information.html for more details.
Immigration Courts
Aurora, CO: The detained court closed briefly, but it quickly reopened and resumed hearings.
Denver, CO: All non-detained hearings were suspended from March 18, 2020 through September 14, 2020. If your case was affected, you will receive a paper notice rescheduling your hearing.
You can also find the current operational status of each immigration court at justice.gov/eoir/eoir-operational-status-during-coronavirus-pandemic.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement
ICE publishes updates at ice.gov/covid19.
ICE does not make arrests at hospitals “except under extraordinary circumstances.” Colorado’s Governor also signed a law making it illegal for ICE to make courthouse arrests.