Impact of office closures on Biometrics

[roddie2k 68]

March / April Filers - has anyone received a Notice of Appointment for Biometrics yet (post June 4th date)?  Curious to know what the timelines are going to be like . I feel this is likely where the most backlog is going to be 

 

 

[geowrian 22,337]

ASC backlogs likely won't be that bad. The process takes only a few minutes per person, so they likely can process hundreds per day per ASC. I would not expect a significant backlog at the ASC level...the backlog will be with the field offices. Interviews and case reviews are a much more time intensive task.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

ASC backlogs likely won't be that bad. The process takes only a few minutes per person, so they likely can process hundreds per day per ASC. I would not expect a significant backlog at the ASC level...the backlog will be with the field offices. Interviews and case reviews are a much more time intensive task.

biometric capturing is not backlogged but the background checks will be messy I guess.

[Quarknase 1,072]

I don't anticipate any letters with dates before actual opening date is here. We've seen the date being moved and if the overall situation doesn't get better they'll probably move them further

[AC SQRD 3]

filed for my n400 april 29th (this year) so definitely wondering what the wait will be like. I'm in TX. Before covid19 it seems like people were getting scheduled for appointments in about a month. Wondering if after june 4th will i possibly get an appointment for july or will it take longer. Moving mid July so will have to change address on application after that and therefore ASC location change. 🙈

[abfar 119]

I filed my n400 this week and for NY it's showing a 21 or 23 days wait time. I believe that is for biometrics. Not sure if it'll change but thats what I see in my account. 

[py6 43]

Biometrics likely wont be a huge backlog. The interviews and oaths will be heavily backlogged. If they open in June, that would mean there's a line of additional 3 months.

Edited May 8, 2020 by py6

[chel0524 82]

Filed for my husband in mid March.  No biometrics letter yet. 

[roddie2k 68]

Folks- just had a word  with a USCIS call center agent - and was informed that most likely the Application support centers  will start functioning from Monday, June 22nd. He also indicated that case processing is being carried out in the back-end , meaning that the fingerprints /or lack thereof is not preventing/delaying the case review.

[millefleur 5,046]

On 6/8/2020 at 9:59 AM, roddie2k said:

Folks- just had a word  with a USCIS call center agent - and was informed that most likely the Application support centers  will start functioning from Monday, June 22nd. He also indicated that case processing is being carried out in the back-end , meaning that the fingerprints /or lack thereof is not preventing/delaying the case review.

Thank you for this update!