I got it and did it! PCee please update...
Miraculously, my FP notice arrived in the mail yesterday!
Date on notice: 10/23
Appointment date: 11/27
FP done: today! 10/27
FP location: SFO
Here\'s my story:
I\'ve heard that Sat and Wed afternoons are best times to go (they\'re not that busy), so I decided to test it out. Arrived there around 2:45 p.m. -- place was nearly empty (for those of you who know SF, it\'s at 250 Broadway, around Sansome/Battery, just northeast of North Beach and between Telegraph Hill and the Embarcadero). Security guard looked a little bothered that my appt was a month away, but I was very nice and said my appt was around Thanksgiving, and would be a problem since I may be travelling. He said to me "we do expect you to keep your appointments", but after going in to talk to his spvsr, said they\'re not busy and would do the FP.
I filled out the form they give you, and, once it was completed, went to do the FP. It\'s done with a scanning machine that tells them if the FP are a "pass" or if there are "ridge breaks". They made sure all 10 fingers passed, then another guy came and finished the data entry (he even started chatting with me in French as I\'m from Montreal, Canada). Overall, people were very nice and I was in & out in about 15 minutes.
Good luck everyone -- I don\'t know if I\'m the 1st SFO person to get FP, but I imagine others will be arriving shortly.
Now if only those EADs would come...