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Original Date Announced
January 30, 2020USCIS issues policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on 1) the availability of mobile biometrics services and 2) the validity period for fingerprint waivers. [ID #962]
USCIS Policy Alert: Biometrics Services Updates USCIS policy manual (current as of 10/6/2020)Biden Administration Action: Modified
June 28, 2023USCIS Launches Online Rescheduling of Biometrics Appointments
This Biden administration policy modifies the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.
On June 28, 2023, USCIS issued an update announcing a new self-service tool allowing benefit requestors, and their attorneys and accredited representatives, to reschedule most biometric services appointments before the date of the appointment. The biometric services appointment rescheduling tool can be accessed via a USCIS online account regardless of whether the pending case was submitted online or by mail. Benefit requestors and accredited representatives will still have the option to call the USCIS Contact Center to reschedule an appointment, but are encouraged to use the new tool instead. Untimely reschedule requests, however, must still be made via the USCIS Contact Center and cannot be processed via the online rescheduling tool.
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Fully in EffectMost Recent Action
June 28, 2023 Action: Modified USCIS Launches Online Rescheduling of Biometrics AppointmentsJune 28, 2023Acted on by Biden Administration
Original Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Naturalization HumanitarianAgencies Affected: USCISAssociated or Derivative Policies