If the office you are visiting requires masks and you do not have an acceptable one, we may offer you a replacement mask.Use the hand sanitizer that we will provide at our facility’s entry points.Do not enter the facility more than 15 minutes before your appointment (30 minutes for naturalization ceremonies).When you attend your appointment, follow these guidelines: For more information, see our USCIS Visitor Policy page. Appointment notices will include more instructions for visiting USCIS facilities. To reschedule your appointment with an asylum office, please follow the instructions in your interview notice. If you need to reschedule your appointment, call the USCIS Contact Center at 80 (TTY 80). “ Up to date" on your COVID-19 vaccination means a person has received all recommended doses in their primary series and one booster when eligible. Been instructed by a health care provider, public health authority, or government entity to self-isolate or self-quarantine in the past 10 days (unless you have been cleared to end isolation or quarantine).Returned from international or cruise ship travel in the past five days (unless you are “up to date” on your COVID-19 vaccination) or.Been in close contact (within six feet for a total of 15 minutes or more) with anyone known to have COVID-19 in the past 10 days (unless you are “up to date" on your COVID-19 vaccination or you are a health care worker and consistently wear an N95 respirator and proper personal protective equipment or equivalent when in contact with COVID-19 positive individuals).COVID-19 or any symptoms of COVID-19 (according to the CDC), including recently developed cough, fever, difficulty breathing, new loss of smell or taste, fatigue, muscle aches, headache, congestion, sore throat, or vomiting (this list does not include all symptoms).You may not enter a USCIS facility if you have: USCIS federal employees, contractors, and visitors must follow the most stringent mitigation and masking guidance of the location they are in (DHS, state, or local authority), and must continue to follow local USCIS guidance on workplace protection guidance consistent with CDC and agency guidance. Where community levels are high, all federal employees and contractors-as well as visitors two years old or older- must wear a mask inside USCIS offices and physically distance regardless of vaccination status. However, you may wear a mask if you want to do so. Where community levels established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are low or medium, you do not need to wear a mask or practice physical distancing in a USCIS facility. On March 4, 2022, the guidance about mask-wearing and physical distancing listed below was updated. USCIS domestic field offices and asylum offices are open with additional precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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