Well, after living stress free for the past 18 months, here I am back at VJ looking for advice as we get ready to remove the conditions on my husband's two year green card. I have no concerns regarding documentation- I've been saving everything for the past 2 years, we have children, and are in a loving and committed relationship. My question involves the biometrics. 90 days prior to his green card expiring puts us at June 30th. We are going on vacation for nearly 3 weeks in mid-July to take the children to visit his family in England. It looks like a lot of people are getting their biometric appts within a month, which could potentially put the appt during the time when we are gone. Should I mail out the packet a few days before we leave on our trip (even though it'll make it "late") to try to ensure that the biometric appt won't be until after we return in early August? We're sending the packet to the VSC. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Well you can file anytime after the 90 day window begins, so given the slow processing times at VSC, I don't think that waiting after you come back will be a problem. I know that if I was away from my mailbox at that time I would be going mad worrying about whether there was a letter there or not... but that's just me

You can note in your petition the time period you will be out of the country and request that they not request the biometric appointment until after that time. They typically will consider that type of request in a cover letter. Also, if you miss the biometric appointment it is not always the end of the world - you have 30 days to explain to them why you missed the appointment and to schedule another one.

Good luck.

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I just went through lots of posted information- geez I forgot how much time and energy it takes to do this stuff!! I'm definitely out of the loop. Anyway, I saw that it said you can apply any time during the 90 day window (I had thought it was a strict deadline). I'll wait til we get back and then mail it out. Once again I have to say thank goodness for VJ!!! And thank you for your reply.
ps. If it was mailed out while we were away, I WOULD have worried about it the whole time!