Do I need to do biometrics again?

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

I checked my case status online (like I sometimes obsessively do) and it said the following:

Receipt Number: mscXXXXXXXXXX

Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Response to request for evidence received, and case processing has resumed.

On May 2, 2008, we received your response to our request for evidence. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response unless fingerprint processing or an interview are standard parts of case processing and have not yet been completed, in which case you can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. This case is at our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

The request for evidence was for my immigration medical.

I already did biometrics for my EAD 4 months ago - they only took my index finger-print. Will I have to go in for fingerprinting again or will they use the one I've already done?

I tried to find an answer to this somewhere else and wasn't able to find any thing. Does anyone know if you have to be fingerprinted a second time?

Thanks

Edited May 14, 2008 by rhymeswithcandi

[Kathryn41 3,205]

There are separate biometrics appointments for the EAD and the AOS. The single print sounds like the EAD. The AOS biometrics takes all of your finger and thumb prints. The applications are processed separately and they don't seem to 'overlap' - which means that each one requires its own set of information, including biometrics. Have you had your full set of fingerprints taken yet? If not, that will be for your AOS. If so, then you shouldn't need to redo your biometrics unless your AOS takes more than 15 months to process.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

There are separate biometrics appointments for the EAD and the AOS. The single print sounds like the EAD. The AOS biometrics takes all of your finger and thumb prints. The applications are processed separately and they don't seem to 'overlap' - which means that each one requires its own set of information, including biometrics. Have you had your full set of fingerprints taken yet? If not, that will be for your AOS. If so, then you shouldn't need to redo your biometrics unless your AOS takes more than 15 months to process.

I had a feeling I'd have to do it again... grrr.

Thanks Kathryn!