COVID-19: Government Websites

The response of the U.S. immigration agencies to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is constantly evolving, making it difficult to report relevant information that is not rendered immediately obsolete. The list of online resources below is intended to serve as a quick reference to the most current available agency information.

General Information

• Coronavirus.gov: Primary federal site for general coronavirus information
• USA.gov/coronavirus: Catalog of U.S. government’s response to coronavirus
• CDC.gov/coronavirus: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information
• American Immigration Lawyers Association: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/covid-19 (links to practice alerts on this site are restricted to members)
• NAFSA: https://www.nafsa.org/regulatory-information/coronavirus-critical-resources

Immigration Agency Information

Department of Homeland Security:

• • DHS.gov/coronavirus
  • https://www.dhs.gov/coronavirus-news-updates
  • https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/03/17/fact-sheet-dhs-notice-arrival-restrictions-china-iran-and-certain-countries-europe

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): USCIS.gov/coronavirus
• ICE:

• • Overview and FAQs: https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus
  • Requirements for ICE Detention Facilities: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/eroCOVID19response
    pdf

• CBP:

• • Updates and Announcements: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/coronavirus
  • Accessing I-94 Information: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home

Department of Labor:

• Office of Foreign Labor Certification:

• • OFLC Announcements (COVID-19 announcements included here): https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/
  • COVID-19 FAQs:
    • Round 1 (Mar. 20, 2020): https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/DOL-OFLC_COVID-19_FAQs_Round%201_03.20.2020.pdf
    • Round 2 (Apr. 1, 2020): https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/DOL-OFLC_COVID-19_FAQs_Round%202_04.01.2020.pdf
    • Round 3 (Apr. 9, 2020): https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/DOL-OFLC_COVID-19_FAQs_Round%203.pdf

State Department: https://www.state.gov/coronavirus/

• Travel advisories: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/covid-19-information.html
• Country-specific information: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/COVID-19-Country-Specific-Information.html
• J-1 exchange visitor information: https://j1visa.state.gov/covid-19/

Justice Department

• Executive Office for Immigration Review: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/eoir-operational-status-during-coronavirus-pandemic

Agency Twitter Accounts

• EOIR: @DOJ_EOIR
• ICE: @ICEgov
• Study in the States: @StudyinStates