I-751 Biometrics Appt.

[hendo25 11]

My conditional resident wife is from Thailand.  Her English language skills are somewhat limited. We have gone over the I-751 form and her answers and she has read everything completely. She knows basic english, but nothing complicated. We are trying to avoid the additional expense of involving an INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR in this process, but have concerns about how involved the Biometric Appointment is going to be for her and whether or not I, as her U.S. Citizen spouse can attend this appt. with her.

 

Any experience with this would be very helpful...we will be filing our I-751 very soon, so need to make a decision.

 

Thanks to anyone who replies to this question.

 

[Crazy Cat 41,887]

I attended the biometrics appoint with my wife.  They took her finger prints and took her picture.  That was it.  

[Adventine 3,196]

They will only ask her basic things like presenting her ID, appointment letter, COVID-related questions (ex. Do you have a fever, etc), and simple instructions like "please put your fingers on this scanner". If she can understand all those instructions in English, she doesn't need a translator for the biometrics appointment.

Edited September 6, 2021 by Adventine

[carmel34 3,633]

In Atlanta, they did not let me go into the biometrics appointment because of COVID, they only let applicants in, even though I said I was there to translate for my husband.  He went in alone and was out within 30 minutes, no problems with language since the whole process is very simple, they take a photo and fingerprints.  Good luck!

[hendo25 11]

17 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I attended the biometrics appoint with my wife.  They took her finger prints and took her picture.  That was it.  

Thanks for your reply.  That's good news!

13 hours ago, Adventine said:

They will only ask her basic things like presenting her ID, appointment letter, COVID-related questions (ex. Do you have a fever, etc), and simple instructions like "please put your fingers on this scanner". If she can understand all those instructions in English, she doesn't need a translator for the biometrics appointment.

Thanks for your reply. That's what I was hoping to hear.

[hendo25 11]

3 hours ago, carmel34 said:

In Atlanta, they did not let me go into the biometrics appointment because of COVID, they only let applicants in, even though I said I was there to translate for my husband.  He went in alone and was out within 30 minutes, no problems with language since the whole process is very simple, they take a photo and fingerprints.  Good luck!

Thanks for your answer. I think my wife will be fine if that's all she needs to do. She understands basic English, she's just not a fluent speaker.