Long delay after biometrics...

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hayden

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Hello All - My N-400 application was received by USCIS on Feb 22. I got the biometrics notice on March 16 (notice was dated March 12), and completed walk-in biometrics on March 18.

My online case status shows the last update on March 16. In my previous applications I normally was touched a day or two after biometrics. Any idea what could be going on? I called USCIS and was told I needed to wait until I was out of the normal processing time (5 months) before I can log an inquiry.

I wrote this letter today...

Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter is concerning my recently filed N-400 Application for Naturalization, which was received by your office on February 22, 2010.

On March 16, 2010 I received in the mail an I-797C notice requesting I appear at an Application Support Center to have my biometrics taken. I appeared on March 18, and have attached a copy of the notice that was stamped at that time the agent took my fingerprints.

I have since been tracking my case online, and it shows the case last updated on March 16 (two days before my fingerprints were taken). Nearly two months have passed without any further activity. Can you please confirm that my biometrics information has in fact been received? If not, I will be happy to return to the Support Center and have them taken again.

Otherwise, please let me know if everything is in order and I simply need to wait for an appointment notice in the mail.
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Does anyone else have a hunch as to what might be going on? Did they never receive the biometrics? Should I expect a real response or a form letter?
 
So we called the FBI this morning. They told us they received the biometrics on March 18th, but they were rejected due to "poor quality". What now? I have a InfoPass appointment for next friday...
 
hayden said:
So we called the FBI this morning. They told us they received the biometrics on March 18th, but they were rejected due to "poor quality". What now? I have a InfoPass appointment for next friday...
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You'll automatically get a 2nd FP letter sent to you to redo your FP. No need to go to Infopass separately and request another FP letter.
 
Bobsmyth said:
You'll automatically get a 2nd FP letter sent to you to redo your FP. No need to go to Infopass separately and request another FP letter.
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I would still suggest continuing the Infopass. If the FP was rejected May 18, the 2nd FP letter should have arrived by now. It is almost 2 months ... 1 month might have been normal. A visit might help them trigger it. There was also someone recently who picked up 2nd FP letter during the INFOPASS.
 
Bobsmyth said:
You'll automatically get a 2nd FP letter sent to you to redo your FP. No need to go to Infopass separately and request another FP letter.
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I would still suggest continuing the Infopass. If the FP was rejected May 18, the 2nd FP letter should have arrived by now. It is almost 2 months ... 1 month might have been normal. A visit might help them trigger it. There was also someone recently who picked up 2nd FP letter during the INFOPASS.
 
So we went to the Infopass appointment, and it was essentially a huge waste of time. The rep confirmed there had been no action on our case. I asked if there was anything she could do to initiate a new biometrics notice... "No". How long should we expect to wait for the notice to be generated then? "Don't know" Ok... How long before we should follow-up again, and what should that follow-up be? "You'll just have to keep waiting".

I guess our only option now is to wait for the case to go outside of the "normal processing window" of 5 months and file an inquiry via the 800 number.
 
Even though it seemed like a waste of time, keep calling them on a weekly basis. You never know when "stars are good" and some knowledgeable rep will figure out what is wrong and help progress it.
 
Out of the blue... got an email today that "This case has been sent for a standard interview."! That was unexpected... I thought biometrics would definately need to be repeated...

Now we'll just wait for the noticie in the mail to see when its scheduled for.
 
some times when the prints are of poor quality the FBI gives them to an special dept. and will take longer for them to process them.
 
yupi28 said:
some times when the prints are of poor quality the FBI gives them to an special dept. and will take longer for them to process them.
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If the prints are of poor quality, FBI will reject them. There's no special FBI department for poor prints..either they are readable or they are not.
 
Bobsmyth said:
If the prints are of poor quality, FBI will reject them. There's no special FBI department for poor prints..either they are readable or they are not.
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Yeah, I think what happened is they didn't need the prints... just the background check? Since I had it done about 10 months ago when I filed for removal of conditions on the GC they may not have needed fingerprints. Just a guess.
 
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