Suppose someone is removing conditions and submitted the paperwork,
received the NOA but failed to turn up at the biometrics appointment.
What will happen then? Will this person just live on normal life
with the extended card for a year, and then they will issue the
deportation order? Or will they be sending additional messages,
inviting to biometrics, or something about the case being dropped?
I am asking just for the research.
Thanks.

Just a guess: they will send you a second biometrics letter, assuming the first one got lost...

I don't think they would send a second biometrics letter assuming the first get lost. Letters from them seem to get lost regularly, but they don't accept that as an excuse if a notice or benefit from them has gone missing in the mail and basically tell such unfortunates that they have to re-apply for the benefit i.e. green card - and pay the fee again. I don't think I would like to play such a dangerous game as not responding to a biometrics appointment letter. If, for some reason, I missed the appointment, I would call them up right away and see about rescheduling.

G's biometrics letter says "IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SCHEDULED, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED." Or in other words, they'd cancel your pending I-751 and you'd have to re-file it, plus (if your green card has already expired) you'd be out of status and could be put into rescission/removal proceedings.

thanks for replies.
do you mean that NOA only functions along with the removal of
conditions procedure and can't be used as a valid substitute for a
GC in its own right?

The NOA is only to cover you while they Process your removal of conditions.... it is not valid in its own right.... if you failed to show up for your biometrics they will consider you have abandoned your case and you will no longer be a LPR... not a wise move...

Kez

As pointed out on here - the notice states what will happen, but the info is incomplete.

We just got our noa-2 biometrics notice today, so this is fresh in my mind. It said if you miss the appt, you can show up any wednesday afterward, at the same time (9am for us), but only up to a certain date. For us, the appt is this week, the cut off date is sometime in Feb 2007. After that date, the app will be considered abandoned and status revoked.

So, you can miss the original appointment, but you have to get it done within a certain period of time, or else.

Cheers!
AKDiver

I think that depends on the ASC, actually. I've heard of that before from other people, but G's specifically said that he could only come on a Wednesday if he called or wrote before the scheduled appointment to say so, and that if he hadn't called or written before the appointment, the application would be considered abandoned.

So there's another tidbit of info for sen: there's no way any of us can know for sure what USCIS will do unless someone else lives in the area served by *your* ASC.

Texas Service centre...

Not on your Service Center, on your Application Support Center, the place that does biometrics.

There are hundreds of them, there are more ASCs than there are District Offices, and so the only way to know what would happen to YOU is if someone answers who went through YOUR Application Support Center.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0000ecd190aRCRD

Thank you all for replying.
And, again, asking hypothetically:
1. Will they send a note that the case was abandoned because the
person did not show on the biometrics?
2. How soon such a note would arrive (say, in a month after the
appointment was missed, two three? I include the period when they say
to come the same day). What will it say: your case is abandoned, you
are under deportation orders? Or: the case was abandoned you must
leave the country?
3. Can one reapply anew?
4. And, if one just stays in the country for some time, and then
leaves, and then comes again, what one is to say in the form, they
have this question when you fill "Have you ever been deported from the
USA?" Would this person be considered deported or deported it's when
they send you out in handcuffs with policemen?

What is so important in your life that you are willing to risk your status????

There is nothing I would not cancel or delay so as to get my biometrics done on time to get this all over and done with ASAP....


Kez

My NOA makes no mention of that. Just states if you do not show up, its considered abandoned.

Oh, I do not want to do anything of the kind. I was just
curious what would have happened.