iEAD for L2 at San Jose Local Office experience

[Phong Truong]

Today, Tuesday, I went to the SJ INS office at 12:30pm looking for
information about getting iEAD for my wife as a L2. Her EAD application
was more than 90 days (Receive Date: March 11, 2002 -
Notice Date: March 12, 2002).

I wanted to find out all info first before going to the office tomorrow
at 2:00 AM as advised by some of the entries in this forum

To my surprise, there was only about 20 people in the waiting room, I went
up to the info booth and they said that they were still giving out numbers.
(They did not give me a number saying that only applicant can get a number)

I called my wife and she went up there at about 1:15pm. Showed them the
the EAD notice and got the number A74 (currently serving A61).
They wanted passport or driver license for ID.
We filled out another I-765, did not pay any fee, and within the hour,
my wife is called in to do the paperwork and take the picture - total 15
minutes. We had to wait until 2:55 to get the card. Total time: 2:30.

My advise:
1/ INS still gives out iEAD, at least for L2
2/ Stop by and get a number if you can. No need to wait from 2:00 am

 

[kashmir]

another iEAD experiences at San Jose

Phong, I was there on the same day(6/11), but I arrived there at 10:35am and received my iEAD card at 2:55pm, so you and you wife visited there at the best timing on that day !!

Here are our iEAD experiences.

6/11 myself
10:35am 10 people in line outside
11:00am got the number A057 at Window #13
(4 windows open, A049 being served)
12:00pm only one window open, A054 served
12:50pm called at Window #1, then starts waiting again (for IBIS)
1:10pm another windows re-open (totally 3-4 opened)
2:30pm called at Window #1 again, then dropped documents at EAD corner (The attached receipt saied "I765 NoFee $0.00".)
2:45pm took picture, fingerprint, signature
2:55pm got my iEAD card

6/14 my daughter
12:20pm arrived and could enter in a few minutes (A084 served)
1:25pm got the number A110 at Window #13 (A094 served)
2:10pm called at Window #9
2:15pm submitted the document to the CASHER, but not charged
3:10pm called at Window #9 again, then dropped the document at EAD corner, soon took picture, ...
3:15pm got her iEAD card
After that, we went to SSA office in San Jose downtown to apply her SSN.

Actually, I didn\'t need my iEAD, but my daughter needed hers.
We had been hoping to get it by the end of June, but we gave up waiting and decided to get iEAD.
kashmir "Recent EAD RFE/Approval Thread - Please post" 6/9/02 5:55pm