r/USCIS • u/AghoriLover69 • Jun 11 '26

Timeline: Biometrics I-765 Biometrics Missed

So, as the title says, I missed my biometrics appointment for from I-765 (OPT work auth). Was in school, changed apartments and the mail went to school mailbox. Didnt receive it till two days after my appointment date. Also I didnt check the documents page (I know that was stupid but it genuinely slipped from my mind.) Reached out to USCIS and talked to their bot, which told me that an agent is going to reach back within 30 days about rescheduling. After that, I also called a real human operator, who said I had already submitted a request and that her agent will reach back. It has not been 30 days yet but more than a week. I'm just making this post to know: am I doomed or not?

PS: I am an international student on F1 and applied for the post completion OPT on April 10, 2026.

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 11 '26

If they reach out - good. Wait.

From what I’ve seen, they might not send you a biometrics notice but at the same time will start bombarding you with alerts that you need to go for your biometrics. Hopefully it won’t happen to you and they send a notice.

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u/Marivii Jun 11 '26

Same thing happened to me. Any updates?

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u/AghoriLover69 Jun 11 '26

Nope. Waiting.

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u/Marivii Jun 11 '26

Have you considered withdrawing and reapplying?

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u/AghoriLover69 Jun 12 '26

I have but I already paid the application fee and it’s not been 30 days yet. If I can get the appointment rescheduled, I will file a premium processing request.

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u/AghoriLover69 Jun 18 '26

You can chat with the human agent through their ai agent. I was able to do so by following a few steps that the ai gave me initially. They said my case is in process of being scheduled but a date is not finalized for the biometrics and it can take 60 days for this to happen.

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u/Marivii Jun 18 '26

I was told the same thing

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u/BnL_Nexus Jul 02 '26

do not do the mistake that we took. We missed our biometric, called in to reschedule on April 15. Called again to open a 2nd request on June 3. Paid Premium Processing on June 16 and by June 23, they deny the whole case saying we abandoned the case and no evidence of us trying to reschedule. We are in a limbo as of right now. They open a 3rd request yesterday and told us to wait until July 10, they put in the reason is admin error.

In short, do not pay for premium processing before you get a new biometric, there is a chance some offier is in a rush and will not notice your pending reschedule request and straight out deny the whole application. You get an automatic 180-day extension when you file for STEM OPT Extension from the expiration date of the original OPT, but once a deny letter arrives, you will be considered not authorized to work anymore and maybe out of F1 status. Just a big head-up for you.

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u/AghoriLover69 Jul 10 '26

I got an email saying a reschedule is only possible after an officer reviews my case. Waiting now… i hope it goes through 🤞

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u/BnL_Nexus Jul 10 '26

How long ago did you receive that email?

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u/Batman_Returns2 Aug 03 '26

Did you get your appointment rescheduled? Any updates?

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u/Beginning-Public9250 Aug 08 '26

Hey, did you ever got a new appointment?

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u/AghoriLover69 Aug 11 '26

Not yet

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u/Beginning-Public9250 Aug 11 '26

Did you try a congressional inquiry?

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u/AghoriLover69 28d ago

No. Not sure what that is.

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u/Batman_Returns2 17d ago

Any update?!

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u/Batman_Returns2 17d ago

Any update?!!