Yes you can, do the bio appointment early

[dmck 80]

Just a reminder, to keep it fresh on the search results....

You can do your biometric appointment early for ROC. We went in 3 days early, stood in line and in 30 minutes, we walked out the door all done!

I know that others have posted this before as well, but wanted to put it up again.....

[Laura. 90]

Does it depend on location at all?

[NickD 202]

Sure does, but not at your office, depends who meets you at the door. Also depends on how far you live from your USCIS, may risk taking a very long trip for nothing. Believe the way it works the further away you live from your USCIS office, the ealier your appointment. We were split between both the Milwaukee and St. Paul office, and also with a stepdaughter, always sending us different appointment date for both our girls.

For our I-751, stepdaughter's appointment was scheduled a week later, but took her along anyway, have to be extremely nice, Milwaukee office would take her, but we were put at the end of the line requiring a two hour wait, but that sure was better than taking a second very long trip.

Another time, wife was scheduled for her US citizenship biometrics on a Monday morning at Milwaukee, but this was the only time we could get an infopass appointment at St. Paul, she needed that I-551 stamp in her current foreign passport book to keep herself legal. But we did have the option to show up at Milwaukee the following Wedneday at noon. That office was completely empty so only took two minutes. USCIS stated if you had biometrics within the last 18 months, you don't need another. Was told at the Milwaukee office, you don't believe everything you read.

We also requested that civics test CD and booklet, they had them, but took awhile to find one, we started to listen to that on the way home, but almost put us to sleep. Just saying you never know.

[Cheezees 1,514]

I think the title of this thread should read "Yes, it is sometimes possible to get the biometrics done early". For some, they have been flat out denied and told to return on their scheduled day. As stated above, it depends on who is in the office that day and how many scheduled appointments they have. If you live hours away and you have no emergency/scheduling conflicts, I would not risk a wasted trip.

[NikLR 13,220]

Does it depend on location at all?

Yes it completely depends on the location and sometimes even the day. There were so many people at my location that they do not allow early walk ins. You have to have an appointment letter and you sit and wait until your time as well. Even showing up earlier in the day doesn't help you at all.

[dmck 80]

Fair enough, as they say Location, Location, Location....At the Seattle, USCIS they let you go early...

[kzielu 1,147]

And at the end it really doesn't matter if you do it early...

And I agree with all the posters above - even at the same location, I was able to do it early for AoS and RoC and not allowed during N-400. Same office. Depends on daily workload and mood people are in on that particular day.

Edited December 21, 2015 by kzielu

[Harmonia 211]

My husband did biometrics early once and then was unable to do them early the 2nd time. This was the same service center. It all depends.

I certainly wouldn't drive out of your way to attempt early biometrics.