Finger Prints

[needinghelp 0]

Our 90 day mark is coming up proceeding my expiration of my green card.

I have two questions:

1. can you send in your application early?

2. do they always ask you to do fingerprints? the reason I am asking is because I will be out of the country for 4 months. I will be in europe and it would be silly for me to come all the way back for a 10 minute finger printing session. Is there anyway around this? should I communicate this on my cover letter? Would it be possible to do fingerprints at an Embassy in Europe??

thanks.

Julia

[markiweiss49 4]

answer to your first question is no. you can send in your roc 90 days before your greencard expires. if you send in your 751 application early than the 90 days, they will return it to you. you should send in the application no early than 90 days before your gc expires. your second question is for you to look on the uscis website and i believe that there is a link where you can go to and it will tell you what to do. or you can call uscis and they will tell you what to do. i am sure that you will have to go for your fingerprints where the paper says when you get the appointment. best of luck to you.

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Our 90 day mark is coming up proceeding my expiration of my green card.

I have two questions:

1. can you send in your application early?

2. do they always ask you to do fingerprints? the reason I am asking is because I will be out of the country for 4 months. I will be in europe and it would be silly for me to come all the way back for a 10 minute finger printing session. Is there anyway around this? should I communicate this on my cover letter? Would it be possible to do fingerprints at an Embassy in Europe??

thanks.

Julia

No you can't send it in early. As the previous user stated, they will send it back even if it's 1 day early so don't bother. Secondly, yes you have to get your biometrics/fingerprints done. They usually schedule within a month of filing the I-751, depending on your individual support center's availability. You can't miss your biometric appointment, if you don't show they consider your application abandoned. I've never heard of anyone including a request to hold off on scheduling the biometric in a cover letter and I'm not certain it would work. Even though it would be silly to come back, it's better than losing your legal permanent resident status. Best of luck!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

1. can you send in your application early?

2. do they always ask you to do fingerprints? the reason I am asking is because I will be out of the country for 4 months. I will be in europe and it would be silly for me to come all the way back for a 10 minute finger printing session. Is there anyway around this? should I communicate this on my cover letter? Would it be possible to do fingerprints at an Embassy in Europe??

1. Yes if you are divorced you should file as soon as your divorce is final, or before your card expires, whichever occurs first. If you are still married then no. You must file after the 90 day window opens. Any sooner and they will just return it.

2. No, but for ROC yes. If you did your fingerprints within 15 months of filing then they might not ask you again but with ROC that's highly unlikely. With USC it's sometimes more common. If you are military and stationed overseas they also change the requirements.

I'm not sure why you're going overseas, or when, but I suggest you file as soon as the window opens. Then I suggest you make an INFOPASS and show your requirements for travelling and they *might* permit you to do the biometrics early. I wouldn't bet on it but you can at least try.

[needinghelp 0]

What is an INFOPASS?

And what is an ROC? I don't know all the terms yet...

[VanessaTony 3,567]

What is an INFOPASS?

And what is an ROC? I don't know all the terms yet...

Info re Infopass here: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f183bd85ef149210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f183bd85ef149210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD Here's where to make one: http://infopass.uscis.gov/

ROC is the process you're about to go through... "Removal of Conditions".

[needinghelp 0]

I cannot do an INFOPASS appointment because you have to be there in person. I live on the big island and my office is on a different island. Is there anyway I can talk to someone for USCIS on the phone?

[lovelyalex 99]

You could phone them but they are notoriously difficult. National Customer Service Center (NCSC): 1-800-375-5283

Although I would have thought anything they tell you will be vague because you haven't filed yet, and can't refer to a timeline.

Do you mind if I ask why you are going overseas? Is it for work?

When exactly are you due to file and when will you be out of the country?

Would it be possible to delay your trip until after your 90 day window started, got your biometrics appointment and tried an early walk in (which isn't possible in some areas). Even if you did that, there is no guarantee that they wouldn't want to call you for an interview or send a RFE that would require your attention, granted the current processing timelines are going longer than your 4 months away right now.