eb2_I485_RD0901
Registered Users (C)
By Jennifer Hopkins August 20, 2003
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) liaison questions to the Texas Service Center (TSC) on July 7, 2003, there is a new system in place to try to avoid requiring adjustment applicants to be re-fingerprinted. Until recently, fingerprint appointments were being issued within only a few months of the filing of Adjustment of Status (AOS) [Form I-485] petitions. This was causing problems because by the time the petitions were being adjudicated (2+ years), the fingerprints needed to be redone. The new policy will delay fingerprint scheduling until 9 months after the date of filing.
So, don't be too concerned if someone you know got their fingerprint appointments more rapidly than you...you may be able to avoid the hassle of needing to have repeated appointments!
Information posted on AILA Infonet at Doc. No. 03081443 (Aug. 13, 2003)
http://www.usvisanews.com/memo2122.html
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) liaison questions to the Texas Service Center (TSC) on July 7, 2003, there is a new system in place to try to avoid requiring adjustment applicants to be re-fingerprinted. Until recently, fingerprint appointments were being issued within only a few months of the filing of Adjustment of Status (AOS) [Form I-485] petitions. This was causing problems because by the time the petitions were being adjudicated (2+ years), the fingerprints needed to be redone. The new policy will delay fingerprint scheduling until 9 months after the date of filing.
So, don't be too concerned if someone you know got their fingerprint appointments more rapidly than you...you may be able to avoid the hassle of needing to have repeated appointments!
Information posted on AILA Infonet at Doc. No. 03081443 (Aug. 13, 2003)
http://www.usvisanews.com/memo2122.html