Biometrics in Salt Lake City

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

So I have my biometrics about an hour ago in Salt Lake City, UT. So I just wanted to review it, since there's very little SLC related AOS stuff on the site since there are only a handful of us who live here.

We turned up at 7:40 to find the carpark near empty, so took a little drive around the area nearby and returned a couple of minutes to 8am. After a short wait with about 5 other couples we were let inside and I was first in, being closest to the door that was opened first.

When inside I showed the guy at the desk my appointment letter, my passport and marriage certificate to show the name change. Then he handed me a form and told me to take it to the guy at the adjacent desk. So I filled it out and took it over to the desk and I was person 2 of the day, how someone beat me to filling out the forms, I don't know.

Anyhow, I was then passed over to a woman nearby who was at a computer thingy and she typed my details in, checking with me that they were all correct, before telling me that the liquid she was going to spray on my fingers was water, and then she started to scan my fingers altogether first, then thumbs, then each finger individually (took quite a while since they kept turning out too dark, or weren't big enough). She kept telling me to relax my fingers, but that's kind of difficult to do when they then go and twist and turn your finger to get a full picture of your fingerprints!

After the 10 or so minutes of me getting my fingers scanned I then stood by a white screen and she took my picture, it didn't actually look too bad for an ID picture. Then she gave me a little comment card to fill out, while she called what I assume is the supervisor, over, and he wrote something on my NOA. Then she handed that, along with my ID back and told me to keep hold of my receipt as proof I'd had my biometrics done (I assume by )receipt, she means the stamp and stuff I had written on my NOA.

Then we were out the door and done by 8:30, so it all went pretty quickly and smoothly. And I learned that apparently I have difficult fingerprints.

[raymaga 25]

You're one step closer!!!!! Good luck.

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Thanks! Yep, it's nice to be able to be over with another thing on our journey.

[alexil74 0]

thanks for sharing and good luck

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Thanks, Alexil. I think everyone needs all the luck they can get in this process.

[Bjumanja 0]

Hello,

I had my biometrics appointment yesterday here in Cleveland. It was basically the same. Many people were already in the lobby but nobody was allowed to go through the metal detectors before it was 8. I was the second one in the office since I checked online which floor I have to go to. After 20 minutes I was done. They also had to scan my fingerprints a couple of times. It just did not want to work right away.

Good luck on your journey.