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Is Any one interested in sharing stamping Experience in TX
- Thread starter Ramesh11
- Start date
Dallas stamping
Hello -
I went to the office in Dallas Tx on Friday at 7:30AM. The line outside the office was not very long, and by about 9:30 I was inside the building. The wait time was 40 minutes.
Documents presented for stamping: Approval Notice( I took the copy since my lawyer has the original), Passport and I-94. The INS representative has asked me to sign some form and place one fingerprint on the form. Also, she asked to put names of my parents on the same form. I told her to make sure all documents are sent to the Vermont service center.
I left the office by about 11AM with a small stamp in my passport. The officer told me the card will come in the mail in about 6-8 months. This is a standard answer, but I believe it should take less time. I did not surrender any other documents, so AP and EAD are still with me.
My approval was on March 25th an I went for stamping on April 5th.
MM
Hello -
I went to the office in Dallas Tx on Friday at 7:30AM. The line outside the office was not very long, and by about 9:30 I was inside the building. The wait time was 40 minutes.
Documents presented for stamping: Approval Notice( I took the copy since my lawyer has the original), Passport and I-94. The INS representative has asked me to sign some form and place one fingerprint on the form. Also, she asked to put names of my parents on the same form. I told her to make sure all documents are sent to the Vermont service center.
I left the office by about 11AM with a small stamp in my passport. The officer told me the card will come in the mail in about 6-8 months. This is a standard answer, but I believe it should take less time. I did not surrender any other documents, so AP and EAD are still with me.
My approval was on March 25th an I went for stamping on April 5th.
MM
Photos
Sorry I totally forgot about photos in my original reply. I took two (2) photos and put my A number and Name on the back with pen (they ask for a pencil sgnature).
In the Dallas INS office, you can also take 4 photos for 10$ with Palaroid. Cash only. These are authorized and fully compliant pictures and I would recommend taking pictures at INS than anywhere else.
I actually went to a small photo shop and took a profile photo (2) for $10.
MM
P.S. The process was painless. However, there were several folks in the line who have done stamping 3 times because Dallas INS kept sending their paperwork to the Texas Processing Center instead of Vermont. So make sure you male this point to the officer.
Sorry I totally forgot about photos in my original reply. I took two (2) photos and put my A number and Name on the back with pen (they ask for a pencil sgnature).
In the Dallas INS office, you can also take 4 photos for 10$ with Palaroid. Cash only. These are authorized and fully compliant pictures and I would recommend taking pictures at INS than anywhere else.
I actually went to a small photo shop and took a profile photo (2) for $10.
MM
P.S. The process was painless. However, there were several folks in the line who have done stamping 3 times because Dallas INS kept sending their paperwork to the Texas Processing Center instead of Vermont. So make sure you male this point to the officer.