first off, my approval notice clearly told me to bring full frontal passport pics and to make an infopass appointment.
based on the suggestion of previous posters, i parked on the lot on orchard st(down braod st, right on east kinney, left on orchard). entrance B was closed. the guard there directed me to entrance A.
I got to entrance A at 11:15 AM. My appointment was for 12:30. There were 3 people ahead of me in the security line. Took me 2 minutes to clear security and get to the 3rd floor. I showed the guard there my appointment letter and she told me to come back at 12:15 for my 12:30 appointment.
So i went down to the cafeteria on the 2nd floor and whiled away an hour.
back to the 3rd floor at 12:15, was let in and stood in line. there were about 10 people ahead of me. took me around 15 minutes to get to the counter. lady there took my infopass letter, approval notice, pics, AP and EAD(she asked for them), took my fingerprint and made me sign a form, stapled them all together, game them to me with a token number, told me to wait for my number to be called.
This took all of 5 minutes, time now was around 12:40.
Loooong wait for my token number to be called, a lil' over 2 hours. finally, at around 2:45, my number was called. Went over, gave her my papers, along with my passport. she took em all, had me confirm my address and told me to wait, that someone would call for me.
Another wait, about 30 minutes or so. A lady came over with a bunch of passports and started calling out names. She gave me my passport, showed me the stamped page, told me it was valid for travel and work authorization and that i could expect my plastic card in 6 to 12 months.
Finally out of the bulding at 3:15. In total, it took about 3 hours.
In conclusion:
an infopass appointment seems to be a must.
take regular passport pics.
don't go early, they won't let u in. arrive at the office around 30 minutes before your appointment time.
be prepared to spend 3hours there, give or take.
Hope this helps.
based on the suggestion of previous posters, i parked on the lot on orchard st(down braod st, right on east kinney, left on orchard). entrance B was closed. the guard there directed me to entrance A.
I got to entrance A at 11:15 AM. My appointment was for 12:30. There were 3 people ahead of me in the security line. Took me 2 minutes to clear security and get to the 3rd floor. I showed the guard there my appointment letter and she told me to come back at 12:15 for my 12:30 appointment.
So i went down to the cafeteria on the 2nd floor and whiled away an hour.
back to the 3rd floor at 12:15, was let in and stood in line. there were about 10 people ahead of me. took me around 15 minutes to get to the counter. lady there took my infopass letter, approval notice, pics, AP and EAD(she asked for them), took my fingerprint and made me sign a form, stapled them all together, game them to me with a token number, told me to wait for my number to be called.
This took all of 5 minutes, time now was around 12:40.
Loooong wait for my token number to be called, a lil' over 2 hours. finally, at around 2:45, my number was called. Went over, gave her my papers, along with my passport. she took em all, had me confirm my address and told me to wait, that someone would call for me.
Another wait, about 30 minutes or so. A lady came over with a bunch of passports and started calling out names. She gave me my passport, showed me the stamped page, told me it was valid for travel and work authorization and that i could expect my plastic card in 6 to 12 months.
Finally out of the bulding at 3:15. In total, it took about 3 hours.
In conclusion:
an infopass appointment seems to be a must.
take regular passport pics.
don't go early, they won't let u in. arrive at the office around 30 minutes before your appointment time.
be prepared to spend 3hours there, give or take.
Hope this helps.