New Biometrics Appointment

[carly+anton 1]

We recently filed the 751 packet for my husband around the first of August. We received the notice of action and the 2 year extension letter and then today the online status checker shows a biometrics appointment was set up. We originally filed for change of status Nov 2020 and it was approved in Oct 2021 so he did biometrics already fairly recently. I was excited to see a status change but now I am worried. In the time of our original change of status interview, we had gotten pregnant on our honeymoon, had our son in August 2021 so we brought him at 6 weeks old to our interview and they approved us instantly. Even with a child together, and 2 miscarriages since (which I did include records of, since it does show we are still trying to grow our family), I put together a thorough packet with as much evidence as I could think to include BUT still a little nervous if its a bad sign that they wanted another biometric appointment. I had read alot about those being waived when I did my initial research but that was also during the height of covid and seems like may have been something they were doing more in previous years. Anyone have any insight? Thank you!

[OldUser 6,608]

Same as below:

 

In short: biometric appointments are very normal. Nothing to worry about. Not everybody's appointment is waived. USCIS haven't even looked at your petition just yet most likely. People scheduling biometrics may be different to people deciding the case.

After biometrics it can take months and even over a year before you get approval, RFE, NOID, denial or interview.

Edited August 26, 2023 by OldUser

[Celebi 136]

I just did biometrics last week for I-751. They only took my picture and one fingerprint. I always had problems with my fingerprint and I remember the last time I was at USCIS, I saw some fingers had Xs but the officer just kept on trying till after I think about 10 mins. Nothing to worry about. Just make sure you fill out the 2nd page of the form and have an ID ready when you get to the office.