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Just wanted to share/vent out our driving license renewal experience at Regional DMV office in Trenton NJ. Last Saturday we went to DMV office at Mercer county to renew my wife's license which is expiring in March. We were asked to go to Trenton because of our status (???!!!). Because they don't have the facility to check INS database for our status. They didn't accept when I told them I got my license renewed from the same office just 2 months ago.
We went to Trenton. Supervisors at Trenton were literally harassing and abusing Indians. They were very rude. One of the officer by name Howard (don't know his last name) looked at her EAD card and said he can only renew until April 1st 2004. Reason was, since INS is backed up and if we don't get our approvals by then we might go back to our country. I tried to explain him that EAD is only a work permit. EAD doesn't determine one's stay in this country. But he cut me off and was so rude that he said that he doesn't want to listen even a single word from me. I showed him the passport with Parollee stamp valid til July 2004. He took it and went to another supervisor by name Michael LaPasso. We saw Mike yelling at another Indian couples just few minutes ago. Mike came to us and looked at the passport and said the Parollee stamp date was altered so he can't believe that. In order to renew the license until July then we need another Parolloee stamp (???!!!). In this whole argument, Howard mentioned to us that "Its not that you're illegal immigrants and I am calling the cops to check". Both Haward and Mike looked at our 485 notice date and said "This notice is old, dated Feb 2002 and it says 365 days which means it is out dated, need an updated receipt notice from INS". When I heard that I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When I told him that we get only one receipt and after that it is either approval or other notice requesting more info. Both didn't listen to us.
Mike made us wait for a long time (we also had a 9 month old baby) and took us to his office to talk. He attended to other white people who came after us. Finally when we were sitting in his office, for the first 5 minutes or so he was doing other work and we were just sitting and twidling our thumbs. Then he was saying the same thing, that the passport was altered. He can only renew until April 1st 2004 (expiry of EAD card). He got angry and said he is running out of patience and we are not behaving properly. When I tried to explain him, he stopped me and said that I can't talk. Then he asked me to sit back and relax. When I asked him to check the computer for the actual dates and her status and determine her genuinity he got even more angry. Then we left the room confused whether to renew it at regional or mercer county office. We came out of that office with anger, felt disrespected, humiliated, agnonised and you name it...
We were just thinking, look what this f*** GC thing has brought us, lost our self dignity in front of so many people. Personally I feel like after getting the card, I am going to spit on it, stamp it with my foot, toss it in the trash. I don't know what I will do with it.
I want to take some action and teach the DMV guys a lesson. Sorry for the long note and thanks for reading.
We went to Trenton. Supervisors at Trenton were literally harassing and abusing Indians. They were very rude. One of the officer by name Howard (don't know his last name) looked at her EAD card and said he can only renew until April 1st 2004. Reason was, since INS is backed up and if we don't get our approvals by then we might go back to our country. I tried to explain him that EAD is only a work permit. EAD doesn't determine one's stay in this country. But he cut me off and was so rude that he said that he doesn't want to listen even a single word from me. I showed him the passport with Parollee stamp valid til July 2004. He took it and went to another supervisor by name Michael LaPasso. We saw Mike yelling at another Indian couples just few minutes ago. Mike came to us and looked at the passport and said the Parollee stamp date was altered so he can't believe that. In order to renew the license until July then we need another Parolloee stamp (???!!!). In this whole argument, Howard mentioned to us that "Its not that you're illegal immigrants and I am calling the cops to check". Both Haward and Mike looked at our 485 notice date and said "This notice is old, dated Feb 2002 and it says 365 days which means it is out dated, need an updated receipt notice from INS". When I heard that I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When I told him that we get only one receipt and after that it is either approval or other notice requesting more info. Both didn't listen to us.
Mike made us wait for a long time (we also had a 9 month old baby) and took us to his office to talk. He attended to other white people who came after us. Finally when we were sitting in his office, for the first 5 minutes or so he was doing other work and we were just sitting and twidling our thumbs. Then he was saying the same thing, that the passport was altered. He can only renew until April 1st 2004 (expiry of EAD card). He got angry and said he is running out of patience and we are not behaving properly. When I tried to explain him, he stopped me and said that I can't talk. Then he asked me to sit back and relax. When I asked him to check the computer for the actual dates and her status and determine her genuinity he got even more angry. Then we left the room confused whether to renew it at regional or mercer county office. We came out of that office with anger, felt disrespected, humiliated, agnonised and you name it...
We were just thinking, look what this f*** GC thing has brought us, lost our self dignity in front of so many people. Personally I feel like after getting the card, I am going to spit on it, stamp it with my foot, toss it in the trash. I don't know what I will do with it.
I want to take some action and teach the DMV guys a lesson. Sorry for the long note and thanks for reading.
