Biometrics Walk-Ins

[Messybrownhair 251]

Just wondering how much help doing a walk-in does?

Anyone have any first-hand experiences that show that it does/doesn't help speed up the process?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Just wondering how much help doing a walk-in does?

Anyone have any first-hand experiences that show that it does/doesn't help speed up the process?

Someone asked the same question a couple of weeks ago. One person (sorry can't remember the thread) who did a walk-in and got their EAD BEFORE their scheduled biometrics. So their walk-in did speed up the receiving of their EAD. It makes sense really because your whole case is paused while biometrics are waiting so the sooner you do biometrics the sooner your case can continue processing.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Yes. We knocked about a month off of our ROC approval time.

[ras wyse 3]

I had started a thread about it, and clearly from my signature u can see it doesnt, well in my case.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I have seen it work for the citizenship process and Some Old Guy says it worked for ROC, but I have only seen it work once for AOS. There is no harm obviously, and on the off chance that yours gets put in the "done biometrics" pile early, you stand a chance at early approval. However, the EAD is processed at NBC, and my guess from watching timelines is that for EADs at NBC, most things are pretty automated and an early bio doesn't usually make any difference. Expect your EAD sometime between 60-90 days from when you originally filed AOS. Good luck!

[Messybrownhair 251]

I have seen it work for the citizenship process and Some Old Guy says it worked for ROC, but I have only seen it work once for AOS. There is no harm obviously, and on the off chance that yours gets put in the "done biometrics" pile early, you stand a chance at early approval. However, the EAD is processed at NBC, and my guess from watching timelines is that for EADs at NBC, most things are pretty automated and an early bio doesn't usually make any difference. Expect your EAD sometime between 60-90 days from when you originally filed AOS. Good luck!

Thanks, I was just wondering how it worked. I think that about cleared it up for me. I assumed that EAD was done either by your local office or CSC. Now that I know it's not, it kinda makes sense. It was worth a shot anyway, and especially for our case since we really couldn't go the day I was assigned, since Tim has training that week, so we had a legitimate reason to do a walk-in. Thanks

[sorchaine 10]

We did my husband's biometrics about 24 days before his appointment and it didn't seem to really speed it up at all.