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Accompany my wife to i-751 biometrics appointment?

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My wife is in the U.S. on a CR-1 visa, whose 2-year conditional time is coming to an end. We filed the i-751 to remove conditions. She has received a biometrics appointment. It's in a nearby city but during my working hours. Is it necessary or recommended that I accompany her? I have very limited annual leave hours built up, and her English is pretty solid, but since I don't know what these biometrics appointments are like, I'm not sure if I need to, or should, go along with her.

IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Service Center : National Benefits Center
Consulate : Tokyo, Japan

UCIS
2012-10-10 : Marriage
2012-11-01 : I-130 Sent
2012-11-06 : I-130 NOA1 [i-797c]
2013-01-04 : I-130 NOA2 [i-797]

NVC
2013-01-30 : Received [DS-3032 | I-864 bill]
2013-01-31 : Sent [DS-3032 mailed | I-864 (AoS) bill paid]
2013-02-07 : Sent I-864 (AoS)
2013-02-13 : NVC acknowledged receipt of DS-3032
2013-02-14 : Received IV bill (DS-230)
2013-02-14 : Paid IV bill (DS-230)
2013-02-22 : NVC requests IV application (DS-230)
2013-02-22 : Sent IV (DS-230) application
2013-03-12 : NVC sends email [case complete]

EMBASSY
2013-04-08 : Interview scheduled [passed]
2013-04-09 : Visa issued [online notification]
2013-04-11 : Visa received (via mail)

2013-05-12 : Passed through U.S. immigration (LAX)

i-751 Removing Conditions

2015-03-09 : Sent i-751 application

2015-03-16 : Received NOA (i-797)

2015-04-14 : Received NOA (i-797c)

2015-05-01 : Biometrics appointment

2015-10-01 : Notice of Removal of Conditions, NOA(I-797)

2015-10-05 : New Green Card Received

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Ms Hogan   295

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You do not need to attend. The biometrics appointment should be very easy for her. It is just fingerprints and a photo. They will walk her through it. There aren't any questions, just chit chat really. Even my kids did it without me telling them what to do. They are 9 & 6 and just followed the instructions of the lady.

If your wife's English is not very strong tell her to just be careful and make sure she hands her papers to someone at a counter. Each office is set up differently but for me there was a sign that said to put your papers in it and wait however as I walked in someone called me to a window to collect them. Encourage her to try to make eye contact with someone behind a counter so they acknowledge that she is there and maybe she can indicate she doesn't know what to do and they can direct her. Are you in an area that will be a very busy office?

USCIS - 40 DAYS
2012-10-30: FedEx delivered I-130 to Chicago Lockbox Mail Room
2012-11-01: NOA1 by email - MSC
2012-11-02: $420 (x3) debited from our account
2012-11-05: NOA1 hard copies received, Priority Date 2012-10-30
2012-12-11: NOA2

NVC - 26 DAYS
2013-01-02: Rec'd case#, IIN, BIN & OPTIN emails for EP sent
2013-01-03: Submitted DS-261 (x3)
2013-01-07: AOS bills invoiced and paid & OPTIN for EP accepted for each of us
2013-01-08: AOS bills appear as paid & AOS packages sent by email
2013-01-08: IV bill invoiced & paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV bill appears as paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (kids only)
2013-01-11: AOS received -notified by email
2013-01-11: IV bill invoiced & paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV bill appears as paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV Supporting Docs received for kids - notified by email
2013-01-14: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (me only)
2013-01-18: IV Supporting Docs received for me - notified by email
2013-01-18: Son#1 CASE COMPLETE - Son#2 checklist - saying $ on I-864 don't match tax return (but they do)-resubmitted
2013-01-23: AOS 2nd submission for Son #2 received - notified by email
2013-01-25: My CASE COMPLETE
2013-01-28: ALL 3 OF OUR CASES ARE NOW COMPLETE
2013-02-06: Packet 4 Received by email

MEDICAL ~ CONSULATE ~ POE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS - 160 DAYS NATURALIZATION
2013-02-13: Medicals 2014-12-17: Delivered to California Lockbox 2015-12-15: Delivered to Phoenix Lockbox
2013-03-06: Interview 2014-12-19: 1 I-751 + 3 Biometrics Fees debited from our account 2015-12-16: Fees charged to Credit Card
2013-03-08: Visas in-hand 2014-12-22: Received NOA1 by mail. Receipt Date: 2014-12-17 2015-12-17: NOA
2013-03-12: Paid USCIS Immigrant Fee 2014-12-24: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter 2016-01-02: Biometrics Letter 2016-01-11: Biometrics
2013-03-14: POE 2015-01-06: Biometrics 2016-02-15: In Line for Interview 2016-02-19: Letter
2013-03-25: SSNs arrived 2015-05-27: Approved 2016-03-22: Interview
2013-04-01: Green Cards arrived 2015-06-03: New Green Cards arrived 2016-04-15: Oath Ceremony

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coip Apprentice

coip   1

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Well, for some reason I never got a system notification of a response to this question, so, just to be safe, I went with my wife to the biometrics appointment. For anyone reading this in the future, I concur with what is written above: you don't need to accompany your spouse to the biometrics appointment, even if he or she knows no English. It was a completely mechanical process. All I did was wait in line with her (which took about two hours, making me wonder about the purpose of them assigning us an appointment time in the first place), and when it came to actually getting fingerprinted, I wasn't even allowed to go back with her. I basically wasted my limited vacation hours taking an entire day off work. Oh well. So it goes.

IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Service Center : National Benefits Center
Consulate : Tokyo, Japan

UCIS
2012-10-10 : Marriage
2012-11-01 : I-130 Sent
2012-11-06 : I-130 NOA1 [i-797c]
2013-01-04 : I-130 NOA2 [i-797]

NVC
2013-01-30 : Received [DS-3032 | I-864 bill]
2013-01-31 : Sent [DS-3032 mailed | I-864 (AoS) bill paid]
2013-02-07 : Sent I-864 (AoS)
2013-02-13 : NVC acknowledged receipt of DS-3032
2013-02-14 : Received IV bill (DS-230)
2013-02-14 : Paid IV bill (DS-230)
2013-02-22 : NVC requests IV application (DS-230)
2013-02-22 : Sent IV (DS-230) application
2013-03-12 : NVC sends email [case complete]

EMBASSY
2013-04-08 : Interview scheduled [passed]
2013-04-09 : Visa issued [online notification]
2013-04-11 : Visa received (via mail)

2013-05-12 : Passed through U.S. immigration (LAX)

i-751 Removing Conditions

2015-03-09 : Sent i-751 application

2015-03-16 : Received NOA (i-797)

2015-04-14 : Received NOA (i-797c)

2015-05-01 : Biometrics appointment

2015-10-01 : Notice of Removal of Conditions, NOA(I-797)

2015-10-05 : New Green Card Received

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