Fingerprint for Minor

[greatzolin]

Has anybody had FP appointment for 7 year old, we DID NOT pay for FP. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Salud

[Libra]

You can get answer to your query on this thread

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4355&page=22&highlight=finger+printing

there are plenty of people who discussed it already.

Please contribute to rally, only 3 days left, and i hope you remember your promise.:D

thanks.

Has anybody had FP appointment for 7 year old, we DID NOT pay for FP. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Salud

[prom2]

I guess you don't have to pay fees if is <14 yrs old.

Good luck.

[eb3retro]

I guess you don't have to pay fees if is <14 yrs old.

Good luck.


that is wrong..i have a 7 year old and we did FP for the child and we paid for it when we paid all the other fees. Its code 2/3 for child and adults or vice versa.

[sheela]

that is wrong..i have a 7 year old and we did FP for the child and we paid for it when we paid all the other fees. Its code 2/3 for child and adults or vice versa.

hi, EB3retro,
My understanding is: NO finger-printing is required if the child is under 14 years. The filing fees for minors is 225 and does not include fee for biometrics. Please, clarify on this

[eb3retro]

hi, EB3retro,
My understanding is: NO finger-printing is required if the child is under 14 years. The filing fees for minors is 225 and does not include fee for biometrics. Please, clarify on this


I am really not sure about the filing fees. I remember paying fees for the child too, but what i am very sure is , even for the children (atleast for child age 7) FP is required, cos, we got it done for our child last month , that much i can clarify.

[greatzolin]

I am really not sure about the filing fees. I remember paying fees for the child too, but what i am very sure is , even for the children (atleast for child age 7) FP is required, cos, we got it done for our child last month , that much i can clarify.

O do I did not send a check for his BIo's I will bring my check book w/ me joust in case we ned to pay for it. We sent a 225 check for him only.
thansk for your answers.

Salud!

[eb3retro]

O do I did not send a check for his BIo's I will bring my check book w/ me joust in case we ned to pay for it. We sent a 225 check for him only.
thansk for your answers.

Salud!


but, did you get the FP notice for the child ???

[greatzolin]

but, did you get the FP notice for the child ???

We did, the strange thins is that his 485 check took an extra couple of days to get cashed.

[sheela]

I am really not sure about the filing fees. I remember paying fees for the child too, but what i am very sure is , even for the children (atleast for child age 7) FP is required, cos, we got it done for our child last month , that much i can clarify.

My Attorney filed AOS for my spouse, myself and our daughters (aged 16 and 13) with filing fees of $395 each. Later on, he realised the AOS filed for 13 year WILL be rejected for improper filing fees (as the correct fee is 225 and we sent 395 and he has to re-file with correct fees, thank God PD was still current). As expected her AOS got rejected and we got RN/FP notices for all other but for her aos. I am yet to get r/n for her re-filed aos.

[eb3retro]

We did, the strange thins is that his 485 check took an extra couple of days to get cashed.

i dont think anything to worry there..

[eb3retro]

My Attorney filed AOS for my spouse, myself and our daughters (aged 16 and 13) with filing fees of $395 each. Later on, he realised the AOS filed for 13 year WILL be rejected for improper filing fees (as the correct fee is 225 and we sent 395 and he has to re-file with correct fees, thank God PD was still current). As expected her AOS got rejected and we got RN/FP notices for all other but for her aos. I am yet to get r/n for her re-filed aos.


thanks for the clarification sheela, i think this is what we did too..except that we sent the correct fees in the first time itself.

[greatzolin]

Well Sheela...hope you get the NR or checks cashed soon.
At least you picked it up and were able to re-file.

Salud

[sheela]

thanks,
but the concern is: do the minors under 14 need FP. My undertanding is NO as we did not file 325 and required fee.

[eb3retro]

thanks,
but the concern is: do the minors under 14 need FP. My undertanding is NO as we did not file 325 and required fee.


answer is yes, cos, we got it done for my child. i think there is a small difference for the children that, they dont take finger prints of all the fingers, i think just the index finger.

[sheela]

answer is yes, cos, we got it done for my child. i think there is a small difference for the children that, they dont take finger prints of all the fingers, i think just the index finger.

Thanks again, EB3
So, do we expect to get FP notice for 13 year old (without filing 325 or Biometric fees). We are going for FP on 9/19. Can she show up with us without notice. please let me know.

[eb3retro]

Thanks again, EB3
So, do we expect to get FP notice for 13 year old (without filing 325 or Biometric fees). We are going for FP on 9/19. Can she show up with us without notice. please let me know.


you are wc. he can show up, bt the deal is he cannot get FP'ed, cos, anyone who needs to get FP'd in the family need that letter from USCIS. So, let say you have 2 children for whom you have applied for AOS, you need to have 4 of those letters 2 for you and your spouse and 2 for those children.

[mygc2006]

I have two kids, my son is 8 years and daughter is 5 years old. Since it clearly says in 485 form that FP is not required for kids below 14, we didn't pay for FP fee of kids and attorney confirmed it then. We got FP notices for me and my wife on Aug 1st and we completed it. Later on after a week we received FP notices for my son and daughter for Aug 23rd even though we didn't send the FP $ for them. We just went and completed the FP for kids on Aug 23rd :)

I know one of my friend who sent FP money for his kids along with 485 application even though they were below 14 and he did get FP notice for them and they all got GC approved now. He was a March filer.

[MARY_GC]

I have two kids, my son is 8 years and daughter is 5 years old. Since it clearly says in 485 form that FP is not required for kids below 14, we didn't pay for FP fee of kids and attorney confirmed it then. We got FP notices for me and my wife on Aug 1st and we completed it. Later on after a week we received FP notices for my son and daughter for Aug 23rd even though we didn't send the FP $ for them. We just went and completed the FP for kids on Aug 23rd :)

I know one of my friend who sent FP money for his kids along with 485 application even though they were below 14 and he did get FP notice for them and they all got GC approved now. He was a March filer.

Hi, can i know wht was the amount of check that u kept for ur kids?Is it [225 + 170(AP)] 395 ? I kept a single check of 395 for my kid.I dont know whether i'm into trouble as myself & my husband got all the checks cashed & receipts.But nothing for my kid so far.Not even the checks got cashed.

[nlssubbu]

I have a minor child who received FP (Code 3) before all our GC got approved. [4 months before approval]. Neither I nor my attorney paid any fees for my kid.

I think they request FP for the kid before approving their GC. In some cases, I also found that GC approved for people already did FP, but not for the kids and took some time for the USCIS to issue FP notices before approving their GC.

Thanks

[sheela]

I have a minor child who received FP (Code 3) before all our GC got approved. [4 months before approval]. Neither I nor my attorney paid any fees for my kid.

I think they request FP for the kid before approving their GC. In some cases, I also found that GC approved for people already did FP, but not for the kids and took some time for the USCIS to issue FP notices before approving their GC.

Thanks

I think there is no general rule for minors. Whereas, many in these forums got FP notices for minor kids, when I talked with IO today for my minor daughter, I was told not all minors need biometrics/fp. What does it mean? My attorney also say so. I donot know whom to believe. Any thoughts?

[rbalaji5]

Hi All:

Yes I got finger print notification for my son. He is 6 years old. I didnt pay any FP fees. But I got the notification. For me & wife it is on 10/19/2007 and for my son, it is 10/23/2007. Looks like FP is required for Kids also with free of charge.

[abhijitp]

I think there is no general rule for minors. Whereas, many in these forums got FP notices for minor kids, when I talked with IO today for my minor daughter, I was told not all minors need biometrics/fp. What does it mean? My attorney also say so. I donot know whom to believe. Any thoughts?

We recently did our biometrics. For adults they do "all fingers" + a photograph.
For our kids, they did the index finger + photo. We had not paid Biometrics fees for our kids, but we did receive appointment letters for them.

BTW, my son hates the camera etc, so he was crying like hell. They were about to **waive** his finger printing, whatever that means!

[prom2]

Originally Posted by prom2
I guess you don't have to pay fees if is <14 yrs old.

Good luck.


that is wrong..i have a 7 year old and we did FP for the child and we paid for it when we paid all the other fees. Its code 2/3 for child and adults or vice versa.

That is not wrong. Kids < 14 yrs don't pay FP fees.

Thanks.

[krishnam70]

We recently did our biometrics. For adults they do "all fingers" + a photograph.
For our kids, they did the index finger + photo. We had not paid Biometrics fees for our kids, but we did receive appointment letters for them.

BTW, my son hates the camera etc, so he was crying like hell. They were about to **waive** his finger printing, whatever that means!

Minors do get a FP/Biometric request and all they do is take a picture if the minor is old enough to give a fingerprint then they take it otherwise just the picture..

-cheers

[sb724]

HI all,

My son is 11 years old, we did not pay finger print fee.
Yesterday we have recived ASC appointment notice, which says code 2.

I saw in this thread some minor kids got code 3.
ANy idea why the difference as some kids are getting code 3 and some kids are getting code 2.


Thanks

[sb724]

Hi Mygc2006,

Can you let us know which code is mentioned for your kids in finger print notice.
My kid got notice with code 2
Thanks

I have two kids, my son is 8 years and daughter is 5 years old. Since it clearly says in 485 form that FP is not required for kids below 14, we didn't pay for FP fee of kids and attorney confirmed it then. We got FP notices for me and my wife on Aug 1st and we completed it. Later on after a week we received FP notices for my son and daughter for Aug 23rd even though we didn't send the FP $ for them. We just went and completed the FP for kids on Aug 23rd :)

I know one of my friend who sent FP money for his kids along with 485 application even though they were below 14 and he did get FP notice for them and they all got GC approved now. He was a March filer.

[ksircar]

I had sent a check to INS for FP of my daughter (10 Years old). They have returned the check with a note that this fee is not required.

I have not yet received FP notice for anyone of my family.

[bestin]

Can you let us know which code is mentioned for your kids in finger print notice.
My kid got notice with code 2
ThanksI got FP notices today.Code 3 for me and wife.code 2 for my kid.4 yrs old.Infact they sent 2 similar notices for my kid.

[BharatPremi]

Kids (< 14 years) are required to go through finger printing without paying any fees. That was the answer from lawyer. We did not pay any fees for kids finerprinting and ofcourse we have got FP notices for them as well.

[deba2k]

Hi
My friend got Finger printing notice .he has 6yr old son who has not got Fp notice.so kids under 14yrs get Fp or no.any response rgdng this is greatly appreciated.

[BharatPremi]

that is wrong..i have a 7 year old and we did FP for the child and we paid for it when we paid all the other fees. Its code 2/3 for child and adults or vice versa.

Whom did yo pay? To USCIS directly or to your lawyer? USCIS would not take as for <14 there is no fee. If your lawyer took money, he already eat it up:). Yes you may have FP for child < 14 but without any payment.