Attending Biometrics appointment

[Kanyiri 0]

I am taking my husband to his biometrics appointment tomorrow. Do I just have to drop him off and sit in the car waiting for him, or can I go in with him?

Also, he just needs the letter that the USCIS sent him and his passport, right?

Kanyiri

[Jasman0717 8]

I went with Claudeth for her EAD biometrics. There was a lot of waiting so elected not to go for the AOS.

[Anastasia 1]

My husband went with me for my biometrics appointment yesterday, they didn't even ask for his ID, we just came in and he sat in the lobby for 5min while they were taking my biometrics and then we left. No problems at all

Yes, you should take the appointment letter and a valid ID. I just brought the state ID with me, didn't bother with the passport, I'm always paranoid to take it out of the house in case I lose it

[golferadam 0]

I went with my wife for her AOS and EAD biometrics (they were both done in a single appointment). They only asked for the USCIS appointment letter and her passport. Her biometrics were done at York, PA. IFIRC, the letter says to only bring a necessary person (i.e., the person that gave you a ride) because there is limited waiting area space available. That might have only been on our letter for the ASC we went to.

[motu 5]

It all depends on how crowded they are. In our case, there were only about 10 people in the office/waiting area and maybe 3 or 4 were applicants. No big deal. Yes take your ids, her passport and biometrics letter. If they are crowded you can walk outside or wait in the car. That's the worst case. For us it took a total of 15 minutes from the time we entered to the time we left. Good Luck

[twellspeak 0]

We went to my wife’s biometrics appointment on the 17th of Feb. Only the beneficiaries were allowed inside, everyone else had to wait outside in the cold (about 10 degrees). I told her to call me when she got out and went to sit in the nice warm car.

Oh, as she had applied in her married name they also requested a copy of our marriage certificate.

Edited March 8, 2006 by twellspeak

[Kajikit 65]

Yes you can go with him... it doesn't take very long to do biometrics - you just take a number and wait and it's all over inside half an hour. They had signs on the door saying please don't bring more than one person in with you, but there was plenty of room in the waiting area at the Fort Lauderdale ASC.

[kaydee457 13]

I attended with my wife. The appointment letter we received addressed the issue of people attending other than of course the alien.

My letter stated that only people directly involved in providing the alien with transportation to and from the appointment would be welcomed; all else would be denied entrance due to limited seating.

I/we got there about an hour early and were taken care of immediately. They were surprisingly friendly and helpful and even passed out a customer review form concerning quality of service in the end.

[Kanyiri 0]

For those going through the Alexandria, VA office, it is only the applicant who can enter the biometrics building. They let me in until they realized I wasn't the one getting the biometrics done, and then a man told me that I needed to wait outside. It was extremely busy and it took 1 hour for Re to finish everything. He did say that they were very nice to him though.