mustbepatient
Registered Users (C)
I had an appointment that I made through my attorney (cost $10) for 1:30 - 2:30 today. I arrived at the Monterey Rd. office at about 1:10. There was nobody in line outside the building (I guess because of the new InfoPass system).
I went straight in and was directed to Room 200 on the second floor. You have to drop your appointment letter in the little inbox by the appointment window. The window has a shade that is mostly down, so you can't see how many people are working back there. But you can see when somebody walks by, so everybody looks to see if they're going to open the door and call your name.
When I got to the room, I was the seventh person there. They didn't start calling people's names until 1:30, and it was very slow at first. By 1:45, they had only called two people's names. I was called about 1:50.
The officer took me back to her office. I had both my original approval notice and the courtesy copy, and she said the courtesy copy was more useful because it had my full address on it. She asked if I had any previous EAD or AP documents, so I gave her all my old ones (I don't think it would have been a problem if I didn't have them with me, but better safe than sorry). She filled out a form, then took my right index FP twice (one for each side), and I signed under each FP. She took my two passport-style photos and put everything together in one package.
She then took my I-94 out of my passport, found an empty page, and stamped it. I read in some messages on this board that they wouldn't stamp the passport directly if it wasn't valid for at least a year, but mine expires next January and there didn't seem to be a problem.
She handed me back my passport, told me I'd probably get the card before six months, said "congratulations", and sent me on my way. I was out by 2:00 p.m.
The experience is definitely a bit anti-climactic, but a great relief nonetheless!
Good luck to everyone on this board!
WAC03-142-5XXXX
ND: April 4, 2003
AD: August 6, 2004
I went straight in and was directed to Room 200 on the second floor. You have to drop your appointment letter in the little inbox by the appointment window. The window has a shade that is mostly down, so you can't see how many people are working back there. But you can see when somebody walks by, so everybody looks to see if they're going to open the door and call your name.
When I got to the room, I was the seventh person there. They didn't start calling people's names until 1:30, and it was very slow at first. By 1:45, they had only called two people's names. I was called about 1:50.
The officer took me back to her office. I had both my original approval notice and the courtesy copy, and she said the courtesy copy was more useful because it had my full address on it. She asked if I had any previous EAD or AP documents, so I gave her all my old ones (I don't think it would have been a problem if I didn't have them with me, but better safe than sorry). She filled out a form, then took my right index FP twice (one for each side), and I signed under each FP. She took my two passport-style photos and put everything together in one package.
She then took my I-94 out of my passport, found an empty page, and stamped it. I read in some messages on this board that they wouldn't stamp the passport directly if it wasn't valid for at least a year, but mine expires next January and there didn't seem to be a problem.
She handed me back my passport, told me I'd probably get the card before six months, said "congratulations", and sent me on my way. I was out by 2:00 p.m.
The experience is definitely a bit anti-climactic, but a great relief nonetheless!
Good luck to everyone on this board!
WAC03-142-5XXXX
ND: April 4, 2003
AD: August 6, 2004