Fingerprint and Biometrics Appointment Notice for 4 years old child

[Panda123 1]

Hello,

My husband and our daughter became LPR November 2012. We found that our daughter’s family name was written wrong on the Green Card so on 17 January my husband filled and sent I 90 form to replace the Green Card. On 02 May 2013 National Benefits Center sent Fingerprint and Biometrics Appointment Notice for our daughter. We still haven’t received the letter and don’t know the date, but I and our daughter is outside USA till October. Please give me advice what to do? Should we try to reschedule?

Thank you

[Hypnos 6,576]

You will need to keep chain rescheduling in the hopes that you get to an appointment in November before they just deny the application.

Why is your daughter out of the country for such an extended period of time if she has a green card? She may have difficulties in getting re-admitted, unless she has an I-551 stamp in her passport or an endorsed immigrant visa that will serve temporary proof of a green card. Depending on how long she has been outside of the US, CBP may also need to see proof that her residency has not been abandoned before she can be re-admitted.

[Panda123 1]

Hi,

She has I 551 since November 2012. She entered in USA November 2012 and left USA December 2012. We are planning to travel back to USA October 2013 so I don’t think she will has any problem on the border because actually by the end of October 2013 sill will have been outside USA less than a year. But I just wondering why they didn’t take fingerprint from my daughter when they issued her Immigrant visa October 2012 in US embassy in Europe and now they asked to take it.

Maybe it’s a good idea to travel couple months earlier, I mean when we receive the letter from NBS just to take the plane for USA and go the defined date for fingerprint.

[Hypnos 6,576]

When a permanent resident is overseas for at least six months, CBP can ask for proof that they have not abandoned their residency before they will be re-admitted into the US.

[velrich 50]

Hi,

She has I 551 since November 2012. She entered in USA November 2012 and left USA December 2012. We are planning to travel back to USA October 2013 so I don’t think she will has any problem on the border because actually by the end of October 2013 sill will have been outside USA less than a year. But I just wondering why they didn’t take fingerprint from my daughter when they issued her Immigrant visa October 2012 in US embassy in Europe and now they asked to take it.

Maybe it’s a good idea to travel couple months earlier, I mean when we receive the letter from NBS just to take the plane for USA and go the defined date for fingerprint.

As a rule they do not do fingerprinting for children under the age of 14.

When my son came to POE in Deccember 2012 they took his fingerprints. He went to the US a few times before and was not finger printed because he was still under age so it was not mandatory. I asked the CBP Office 'why are you taking his fingerprints and he is not yet 14? (I totally forgot that he became 14 a few days before). It came to me a few seconds afterwards and I said 'Okay, he is now 14'. He then said to me 'Even if he was not yet 14 it is better it is done now at POE because he would be sent a Notice for an appointment to go in and get it done.

Hope that helps.