USCIS uses the information from the appointment to check the criminal record of the foreign national, which is an essential part of reviewing their application. Application support centers may or may not be located in the same building as other immigration agencies.
Employees of application support centers are not equipped to answer questions about the immigration process or discuss the details of your case. If your case involves special concerns, you may want to talk to an attorney before going to your biometrics appointment.
The attorney can alleviate your concerns or warn you about any risks. This is especially helpful if you prepared your own application. Consulting an attorney can help you make sure that you still meet the eligibility requirements for DACA. If you likely do not meet them anymore, you may not want to attend the biometrics appointment so that the U.
You also may want to ask an attorney about your options if you were charged with a crime, or even if you were arrested, since the last time that you received DACA approval. Foreign nationals who have a criminal record or who allowed their status to lapse may face higher risks in any interactions with immigration enforcement agencies.
Another potentially high-risk group consists of foreign nationals who previously received DACA protection but were later placed in removal proceedings or were subject to an order of removal or voluntary departure. An attorney probably will not provide much assistance at the biometrics appointment. They can record any hostile interactions with immigration enforcement and report them to USCIS, and they can get information about where you are detained in the very unlikely event that you are taken into ICE custody.
In general, though, an attorney makes a much greater difference during the process of preparing the application. You should tell an attorney who worked on your application about the time and location of your biometrics appointment. Documents required may change without warning, so we advise that you read your biometrics appointment notice carefully and bring all documents as requested on the notice.
This code is an internal note to the Application Support Center employee, indicating what data is needed. The FBI will conduct a criminal background check by running the fingerprints through their database. Code 1 is a standard portion of your background check and determines eligibility for certain immigration benefits. Code 2 : USCIS will take a digital photo, obtain your signature, and fingerprint your index finger for use on a card such as a green card or employment authorization document EAD.
In other words, they want to collect information for both a background check and card. You cannot ignore the notice. Although your child may be under 14 years of age and you may not have paid the biometrics fee for your child, he or she must still appear at the ASC if a biometrics appointment notice has been issued by the USCIS.
The next step and the amount of time that it will take really depend on your application and the type of immigration benefit that you've applied for. Remember, USCIS provides resources to help you check the status of your case and view typical processing times. You may also be interested our pages that describe the approximate processing time line and what happens at each step:.
It's very possible that all family members will not be scheduled at the same time. If you have received your appointment, but your dependent s have not, it may be possible for your family members to accompany you to your appointment. Each family member should appear at the Application Support Center with their I, Notice of Action receipt letter and at least one photo identification e. Also take evidence of relationship e. If the ASC refuses to process their biometrics at the same time, your family members will need to attend the biometrics appointment scheduled at a later date.
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The possible values are: Code 1 — fingerprinting for 10 prints only Code 2 — photo, signature and index finger press-print Code 3 — photo, signature, index finger press-print and fingerprinting for 10 prints. Rescheduling a Biometrics Appointment. Families with Biometrics Appointments. When it is time to sign your name, USCIS will ask you to attest to the truth of the following statement: I declare under penalty of perjury that I have reviewed and understand my application, petition, or request as identified by the receipt number displayed on the screen above, and all supporting documents, applications, petitions, or requests filed with my application, petition, or request that I or my attorney or accredited representative filed with USCIS, and that all of the information in these materials is complete, true, and correct.
After a Biometrics Appointment. Additional Biometrics Appointments. Biometrics Appointment FAQs. I need to travel. Can I get an earlier biometrics appointment? Which documents should I take to my biometrics appointment? What is my biometrics notice code? My child under 14 years old. What happens after my biometrics appointment?
I've been scheduled. I Petition for Alien Relative. I Application for Travel Document. I Adjustment of Status Application. I Remove Conditions on Residence. I Application for Employment Authorization. This is required for a variety of immigration applications, including naturalized citizenship , green card renewals , adjustments of status , asylum , and more.
At that appointment, you will provide U. If you fail to attend your biometrics appointment, it could result in significant delays in your application.
USCIS could even deem your application abandoned and reject it. This is true even if you never received the biometrics notice. Your only option after an abandoned or rejected application would be to refile your application, including paying new filing fees. With careful monitoring of the progress of your application and your appointment dates, however, you can take steps to get a new biometrics appointment and quickly get your application back on track. Some applicants never receive their biometrics notice at all.
USCIS normally sends out biometrics notices within three to eight weeks of receiving an application. If you have received neither a receipt notice nor a biometrics notice in over two months, USCIS might have the wrong address on file. Contact USCIS immediately to see whether it can send the receipt notice and biometrics to the correct address.
Using USCIS's contact system is a challenge, unfortunately; expect to spend a lot of time interacting with an electronic voice before you can request a call-back from a live person.
However, if you received your receipt notice and never received a biometrics notice, the biometrics notice might have been lost in the mail. You can also submit an e-request using the case number on your receipt with an online case inquiry.
It's also possible that you did not receive a biometrics notice because USCIS already has your biometrics on file. This could occur if someone already went to a biometrics appointment with USCIS within the last year, for example for renewing a green card, and then the person later filed for citizenship.
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