- Reached INS San Jose center at 7:15AM.
- No parking was available.
- Drove back to the Monterey Road and parked on a close by street.
- Walked back to the INS building.
- Entered into the building at 7:25AM thru appointment line (guard just saw my I-485 approval notice).
- Collected my token number from the counter at 7:30AM.
- Waited for about an hour until 8:30AM to see my number on the display.
- Went to the counter and a desi Immigration officer (K Patel) wished me good morning.
- While I was handing her all the documents, she started chatting with me like how do I pronounce my last name (its bit uncommon), where I am from in India, etc. Very nice person.
- She fingerprinted me at two places.
- Also, I signed at two places
- She asked me to be seated until she calls my name (i guess they do the new IBIS check).
- Waited for about 10 minutes or so and she called my name.
- And she handed me the passport with I-551 stamp and explained me what it was and told me that a card will be mailed to me in couple of months.
- She confirmed my current address, for the plastic card I suppose.
- I said "Thank you very much" and was out of the building at 9:00AM with an "Adjusted Status"
Good luck to you all who are still waiting. INs is doing its job, hopefully all of you will be out of this process soon.
Take care,
fabolous
- No parking was available.
- Drove back to the Monterey Road and parked on a close by street.
- Walked back to the INS building.
- Entered into the building at 7:25AM thru appointment line (guard just saw my I-485 approval notice).
- Collected my token number from the counter at 7:30AM.
- Waited for about an hour until 8:30AM to see my number on the display.
- Went to the counter and a desi Immigration officer (K Patel) wished me good morning.
- While I was handing her all the documents, she started chatting with me like how do I pronounce my last name (its bit uncommon), where I am from in India, etc. Very nice person.
- She fingerprinted me at two places.
- Also, I signed at two places
- She asked me to be seated until she calls my name (i guess they do the new IBIS check).
- Waited for about 10 minutes or so and she called my name.
- And she handed me the passport with I-551 stamp and explained me what it was and told me that a card will be mailed to me in couple of months.
- She confirmed my current address, for the plastic card I suppose.
- I said "Thank you very much" and was out of the building at 9:00AM with an "Adjusted Status"
Good luck to you all who are still waiting. INs is doing its job, hopefully all of you will be out of this process soon.
Take care,
fabolous