Rescheduling biometrics for reentry permit

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PabloFISA

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Dear all,

Here´s my story.

I filed my RP on Oct 12 and received by USCIS on Oct 15. My biometrics is scheduled for today (Nov 2) in Brooklyn, NYC, but I´m currently overseas. I just found out yesterday about this apptment. The person who received the letter in the US filed tthe original notice with the reschedule option marked this morning by certified mail.

I called CSR in USCIS and one told me I should be ok and other told me that it was up to the ASC officers to give me the rescheduled appointment.

Anyone here had the same situation and rescheduled successfully your appointment? I really appreciate any comments on your experience.
 
They should send you another notice with the new schedule date. I did it for my spouse a year ago. I dont think it should be a problem. Your friend should sent the original notice with reschedule ticked... which he did.
Better get your fp done with asap. You can reshedule it 3 or 4 times within 120 days or they can reject the app
Hope this helps
 
Another thing... they do give a min week notice. Your friend should have told you earlier about the fp appt date. Are you very far from the US?
 
Dezi, thanks for your comments.

Yeah, I´m from Argentina. It was a silly mistake from my side. I didn´t count they were going to expedite my request and they did it so quick. Hopefully they´ll notice I don´t have intentions to abandon the RP petition.

To add another hurde, my wife is 7/8 months pregnant and even though I can reschedule, I don´t think she will be able to travel after the bay is born. ( 1st days of Dec).

Right now, between a rock and a hard place...
 
No problem...you are running tight on the rescheduling it may be 2-4 weeks before you get another fp appt and your wife is due. Would have been nice to give birth in us since the baby would have been a us citizen. I know it is expensive. i am in Canada so it was not a hassle going for Fp. I have applied for a 2nd Rp, done fp just waiting for permit in the mail. its been 3-4 months.
 
But when you did the 2nd appt for your spouse, was the original appt date due? Or you did it prior to the original fp appt? My fear is that they´ll receive the rescheduling request after the original fp appt date and reject it because of that.
 
PabloFISA said:
Yeah, I´m from Argentina. It was a silly mistake from my side. I didn´t count they were going to expedite my request and they did it so quick. Hopefully they´ll notice I don´t have intentions to abandon the RP petition.

To add another hurde, my wife is 7/8 months pregnant and even though I can reschedule, I don´t think she will be able to travel after the bay is born. ( 1st days of Dec).
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Were you in the US when the RP application was filed? Is your wife a permanent resident? Did she also apply for a permit, and was she in the US when it was filed?
 
Actually, my sis-in-law in the states called telling me that my spouse appt is 6 days away giving us enough time to prepare ...but then after an hour she called again and said sorry..I read the date wrong it is tomorrow. That put us in a panic we could have still gone but decided not to. so I asked her to reschedule the date. She sent it a day before the actual rp appt date. I don't think it matters when it is sent as long as it is a fews days after the scheduled appt date. Make sure you send it by priority mail or overnight.
Your other alternative could be if you cannot travel back. come back before 6 months ...apply again... I dont know if you have to pay the fees again ...wait for fp and then go back
Hope it helps
 
Dezi, that gives me some relief, hopefully they will understand. And yes, we sent it through certified mail.

Jack, I can answer YES to all your questions because we traveled specifically for that purpose. We arrived to the US on Oct 12, sent the Fedex the same day and the receipt notice was dated Oct 15 ( at that day we still were phisically in the US). And yes, both of us are permanent residents.
 
Maybe you won't need that reentry permit, since you have more than 11 months left before it will be one year overseas. Hopefully that's enough time for the wife and baby to recover enough and be ready to travel to the US.

Remember the rule about the baby returning to the US on the parent's first trip to the US since the birth, in order to get the instant permanent resident status for the baby at the POE.
 
Jack, true but my wife has been out since Dec 09 ( came back to the US twice for 1 week each time) and I think it could be considered some pattern there (wew were warned by USCIS officer for her situation in Oct). Also I was transfered overseas in August and came back in October . I´m still in the window but I´m kind of afraid for my wife
 
I'm in the same situation. Missed my first biometrics appointment and applied for a second one. Sent the first appointment letter back with a note asking them to schedule the next one well in advance, now waiting for the second letter.
 
I want to ask a question about your RP.

Did you asked for expedited processing of your reentry permit?
second question: Did you send your airport admission stamp with your application? ( I filed my application but without the admission stamp with it.)
thank you so much
 
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