US Immigration from Japan

Hi, I have a question about biometric.

I am applying for i-751. Do you have Biometrics? Or are you exempt? In relation to the corona.

I send i751 form dec last year.

We just received a notice for my husband's marriage green card interview, which is scheduled next month. We thought we had extra certified copies of our marriage certificate from when we filed the AOS form, but can't find them anywhere. Currently because of COVID, the city clerk office where we got married is closed and only accepting mail-in requests for vital records copies, which can take 10-14 weeks. Obviously this time table doesn't match up...so we were wondering if we could just give them the original copy of our marriage certificate at the interview? And then we'd get the certified copy from the city clerk later in the mail to keep. Not really sure what our options are here otherwise. We already waited over a year for this interview to be scheduled, so we want to avoid rescheduling if possible.

I want to know how long does it take until the NVC set interview after documents qualified (I'm not asking when's the date of interview ) I'm asking just how long until they send you email about your interview date

My fiance and I applied for our i-129f in late October. Due to Japan's restrictions on mail and our inability to visit each other during COVID we were forced to send our application with photocopies of original signed documents. We read this USCIS article (https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-announces-flexibility-in-submitting-required-signatures-during-covid-19-national-emergency) which says that the USCIS is temporarily accepting photocopies of signed docs due to covid restrictions; however, this article was released nearly a year ago, and updated in may of 2020. As of yet there has been no updates on if this is still acceptable, and it has proven to be nearly impossible to speak to anyone at USCIS or even USPS on restriction updates. Now that my fiance and I are preparing for interview time and the later half of this process we are wondering if it will still be acceptable to use photocopies of original signed documents to complete our journey.

Please let us know if you are in a similar boat, or have any insight on this situation that may help us or anyone else out.

USCIS - Announces Flexibility in Submitting Required Signatures During COVID-19 National Emergency: https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-announces-flexibility-in-submitting-required-signatures-during-covid-19-national-emergency#_ftn1