Jen received finger print date!

[Tom & Jen]

The letter came from USCIS today which I promptly opened. Knowing it would likely be the finger print notice, I was both happy and worried¡­. Jen and our son are in China right now and we had talked about the possible finger print date problem before we decided if she should take the trip at this time. We decided, considering past USCIS performance , the chance is low that the finger print date will be before she gets back, June 25. Well, the appointment letter is ¡­ June 25 B)

 

I made an ¡°executive¡± decision to call Air Canada to try to change the return date to June 24. It was too early in their morning to call Laopo and ask if she wants to come back one day early. I figure I¡¯ll just have to deal with the caning when she gets back. After a little long wait while the helpful Air Canada agent checking the rate, she said they would change the return date to June 24 for $50 per ticket. I asked to get the fee waived, as a customer service and goodwill from Air Canada, pointing out that the flight from Vegas to Vancouver was delayed because of mechanical problem and Jen and our son spent the night in Vancouver because they missed the flight to Shanghai. The agent said she would if she could but I can write the company to try to get a refund on the fee. So I paid the $100 so we didn¡¯t have to risk USCIS deciding to take their time scheduling another appointment. Another motivation is if Laopo gets takes her oath before Oct 13, our daughter gets her Citizenship (she turns 18 on Oct 13). On or after Oct 13, she gets to wait another 2 years and 9 months to have to apply on her own. The extra 9 months is thanks to USCIS messing up on not submitting her name check at the same time as Jen¡¯s and her AOS date was 9 months later. Of course back then the frequent calls on status got ¡°¡­security check is still pending¡­¡±. It's a long shot for Oct 13 but we want to maximize the chance.

 

One other note, the Air Canada agent said we got the last available seat at the same fare rate. And she wasn¡¯t lying. Before I called, I checked the one-way fare from Shanghai to Vegas on their web site and after I got the email confirmation of the change, I checked again and the cheapy fare was not available anymore and the next lowest fare was $1000 more each ticket. So hopefully Laopo will consider that before the caning !

[Randy W]

Just for future reference - it's relatively painless to reschedule the bio-metrics - just take the appointment letter to the ASC. They will mail you a new one with a new date.

[MikeXiao]

My wife left for China yesterday. She is eligible to file the N-400 as of today. She will not return until September 3. So how easy is it to reschedule the biometrics? I would like to file early, but now am considering waiting until August because of this.

 

Mike

[Randy W]

My wife left for China yesterday. She is eligible to file the N-400 as of today. She will not return until September 3. So how easy is it to reschedule the biometrics? I would like to file early, but now am considering waiting until August because of this.

 

Mike

 

 

It's as easy as handing the appt letter to the guard at the ASC (there's a box to check for a rescheduled appt). But like I responded to your email, maybe someone can respond about when your recycled appt would be.

[MikeXiao]

Can you refresh my memory, like I have one, what is ASC?

[Randy W]

Can you refresh my memory, like I have one, what is ASC?

Application Support Center - the address should be on the appt notice

[samsong]

Can you refresh my memory, like I have one, what is ASC?

Application Support Center

[Tom & Jen]

My wife left for China yesterday. She is eligible to file the N-400 as of today. She will not return until September 3. So how easy is it to reschedule the biometrics? I would like to file early, but now am considering waiting until August because of this.

 

Mike

 

Mike,

 

We mainly did what we did to make the appointment to maximize our chance at the long shot of Jen taking her oath before our daughter turns 18 on Oct 13 so she can get the automatic Citizenship. But I don't know how long USCIS may want to reschedule into the future. There is no preferred reschedule DATE on the fingerprint NOA. The wording on the NOA is "Please reschedule my appointment for the next available: o Wednesday afternoon o Saturday afternoon". Hopefully someone here that may had to reschedule the appointment to be after a particular date may be able to help or you can try calling USCIS.

[warpedbored]

Our biometric appointment for the N-400 came pretty quick after the first NOA. USCIS says citizenship interview is 12-14 months. Bing's is July 9th. About 5 1/2 months from when we filed. Your wife could get an interview in Oct if you file now but it probably isn't likely.

[Tom & Jen]

Our biometric appointment for the N-400 came pretty quick after the first NOA. USCIS says citizenship interview is 12-14 months. Bing's is July 9th. About 5 1/2 months from when we filed. Your wife could get an interview in Oct if you file now but it probably isn't likely.

 

We know it's a long shot but we are hoping for the best. We live in Vegas but don't gamble because the casinos have slightly better odds of winning over the long run. BUT we are willing to throw money and time at this long shot... I guess it another proof that we are willing to do illogical things to get through this process!