Do we pay a second Biometrics fee with I-751L

[Balamban 113]

Question:

 

Fee for I-751, Biometrics were done two years ago, do they need to be done again?  Thus, do we pay a second fee, with the I-751 for another Biometrics?

https://www.uscis.gov/feecalculator, No Children

Calculator results:
Your Fees
Biometrics $85.00
I-751 $595.00
Total  $680.00
 

[doggieandsam 765]

Yes, you pay again for biometrics for 751. That $680 total cost is correct. 

[mushroomspore 3,044]

23 minutes ago, Balamban said:

Question:

 

Fee for I-751, Biometrics were done two years ago, do they need to be done again?  Thus, do we pay a second fee, with the I-751 for another Biometrics?

https://www.uscis.gov/feecalculator, No Children

Calculator results:
Your Fees
Biometrics $85.00
I-751 $595.00
Total  $680.00
 

Yes, biometrics fee is required for each and every application. They've been simply re-using old biometrics due to COVID, but I know some people were still scheduled for them. Even those of us who had biometrics re-used had to pay to fee because the fee is for "processing".

[Balamban 113]

2 hours ago, mushroomspore said:

Yes, biometrics fee is required for each and every application. They've been simply re-using old biometrics due to COVID, but I know some people were still scheduled for them. Even those of us who had biometrics re-used had to pay to fee because the fee is for "processing".

Thanks to you both, it seemed odd since eye color and fingerprints don't change.  We live in New Hamshire, our license plates say: "Life Free or Die,"  maybe they'll eventually change that to "Live Fee or Die"

[mushroomspore 3,044]

8 minutes ago, Balamban said:

Thanks to you both, it seemed odd since eye color and fingerprints don't change.  We live in New Hamshire, our license plates say: "Life Free or Die,"  maybe they'll eventually change that to "Live Fee or Die"

The reason they do biometrics is to ensure that the right person is showing up. They obviously don't want immigrants selling their green cards or identities to other desperate immigrants or for immigrants to have their identities stolen. But yes, it's also an excuse to just get more money out of us haha.

[Ecaen87 43]

They also might have your info saved but they still need to run background checks on that info, it cost money to do that, it is not free for them, so they pass on the cost to us, the petitioners.

Edited March 4, 2021 by Ecaen87