N400 BIOMETRICS

[Neickers 46]

Has anyone received any notice or email to get Biometrics taken? Just wondering I know covid has messed timing for everything but it has been 45 days or so since my first notice.

April 15 2020 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

The offices have been closed since March ... no one has received a biometrics Appointment..

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

They won’t send a notice until they know for sure when the ASCs will reopen and can schedule.

[BBlueB 35]

Oath ceremonies are being scheduled for some locations. Any interviews being scheduled yet?

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

4 hours ago, BBlueB said:

Oath ceremonies are being scheduled for some locations. Any interviews being scheduled yet?

I think they need to be more careful with interviews. You’re in an enclosed office with your interviewer for maybe half an hour, the tablet you use for reading /writing/signing etc is used by all the other applicants that day, as is the chair you sit in, etc. it’s a bit different from a ceremony where (from reports of the ones that have recently been held) they can do it quickly with minimal actual exposure person to person.

Edited May 26, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[BBlueB 35]

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

I think they need to be more careful with interviews. You’re in an enclosed office with your interviewer for maybe half an hour, the tablet you use for reading /writing/signing etc is used by all the other applicants that day, as is the chair you sit in, etc. it’s a bit different from a ceremony where (from reports of the ones that have recently been held) they can do it quickly with minimal actual exposure person to person.

 

Yeah, that's right. Just hoping they're working on something

[Thelord 42]

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I think they need to be more careful with interviews. You’re in an enclosed office with your interviewer for maybe half an hour, the tablet you use for reading /writing/signing etc is used by all the other applicants that day, as is the chair you sit in, etc. it’s a bit different from a ceremony where (from reports of the ones that have recently been held) they can do it quickly with minimal actual exposure person to person.

that's actually a good point. I think the future of interviews need to follow the same approach that the visa interview happens in the US embassies. 

Meaning there is a glass between the interviewer and the applicant stands up while being interviewed. 

 

Here is a note from USCIS today in CNN:

 

According to the announcement, measures to make the workplace safe for employees will include physical barriers to aid in socially distancing, limiting how many people are permitted in an office at any given time and requiring face coverings.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/uscis-furlough-employees-congress-funding/index.html

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by Thelord

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

43 minutes ago, Thelord said:

that's actually a good point. I think the future of interviews need to follow the same approach that the visa interview happens in the US embassies. 

Meaning there is a glass between the interviewer and the applicant stands up while being interviewed. 

 

Here is a note from USCIS today in CNN:

 

According to the announcement, measures to make the workplace safe for employees will include physical barriers to aid in socially distancing, limiting how many people are permitted in an office at any given time and requiring face coverings.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/uscis-furlough-employees-congress-funding/index.html

 

There are people for whom standing for half an hour or more is going to be problematic. And visa interviews are not private as a general rule, whereas uscis ones are. 

[Thelord 42]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

There are people for whom standing for half an hour or more is going to be problematic. And visa interviews are not private as a general rule, whereas uscis ones are. 

I remember in the embassy they had handicapped section too where one can sit during the interview. So that's not big trouble to implement. 

They can let in one person at the time. I have seen in some embassies the interview room which was very small just had two spots and the rest of people were waiting outside of that room until their number showed up on the screen. 

Anyways they had basically 2.5 months to figure these out in their offices.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

2 hours ago, Thelord said:

I remember in the embassy they had handicapped section too where one can sit during the interview. So that's not big trouble to implement. 

They can let in one person at the time. I have seen in some embassies the interview room which was very small just had two spots and the rest of people were waiting outside of that room until their number showed up on the screen. 

Anyways they had basically 2.5 months to figure these out in their offices.

Yeah that’s basically the current uscis office setup anyway ....that was my point 

[Malik16 6]

Just wondering if anyone  get  Biometrics scheduled? 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

9 minutes ago, Malik16 said:

Just wondering if anyone  get  Biometrics scheduled? 

Unfortunately it seems ASCs will reopen later than 4 June ...

”Beginning June 4, 2020, certain USCIS field offices and asylum offices will resume non-emergency face-to-face services to the public. Application support centers will resume services later.” 
https://www.uscis.gov

[BBlueB 35]

5 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Unfortunately it seems ASCs will reopen later than 4 June ...

”Beginning June 4, 2020, certain USCIS field offices and asylum offices will resume non-emergency face-to-face services to the public. Application support centers will resume services later.” 
https://www.uscis.gov

 

June 4? we're almost there...

Hopefully they figured out some ways to move forward with interviews and biometrics

[Neickers 46]

1 hour ago, BBlueB said:

 

June 4? we're almost there...

Hopefully they figured out some ways to move forward with interviews and biometrics

Yeah lets hope so, I mean I figured that them doing the Oath ceremonies, Biometrics. I submitted my N400 April 15 so hopefully when they do open it runs smooth

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

2 hours ago, BBlueB said:

 

June 4? we're almost there...

 

Yes but the point of the quote I extracted was that they said “Application support centers will resume services later.” with no indication of when that “later” might be.

Edited May 30, 2020 by SusieQQQ