keepwaiting2
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My experience may be of interest to some folks here:
My wife and I drove to San Francisco for passport stamping yesterday. The traffic was ok. We parked in an undergroud garage about two blocks away from INS building. Much cheaper than those right next to the INS building and lots of spaces available. We followed the suggestions posted in the forum and went to the Sansome Street entrance at 10AM. The line was long, but much much shorter than the line at Washington Street. The security check slowed down the line. It took us about 25min to get in. After getting in, we were allowed to go around the building freely.
We went to the second floor and turned right to Room 200B. Many people there. But, most of them had nothing to do with us. We dropped our AOS approval notices (courtesy copies) into the mail slot at the door of R200B. I standed there to check on our approval notices. In about 1~2min, our approval notices were gone. Then, we moved to somewhere closer to Window 19, which was about 30 feet away from the mail slot. In 3 min, we were called to Window 19. We gave the lady our passports, I-94, EAD, AP, and two photos each - didn\'t turn in the approval notices from the lawyer. The lady was very nice and put the paperwork together for us. In another 3 min, we were called again. The lady took our fingerprints and signatures. Then, we waited for 10min, my wife was called again to pick up her passport with the temp green card stamp - a very tiny stamp with handwriting of A#, name, etc. In about anouth 5 min, I was called to pick up my passport. I was told that it would take 8 months to get the card. Done. We got out of the building around 11AM. The officiers there were much nicer than we expected. We walked back to the parking structure and paid only $3 for parking. We felt quite relaxed after the stamping. We didn\'t have any real celebration but got a nice lunch together.
BTW, there are restrooms on the second floors. The waiting room is not too bad either.
My wife and I drove to San Francisco for passport stamping yesterday. The traffic was ok. We parked in an undergroud garage about two blocks away from INS building. Much cheaper than those right next to the INS building and lots of spaces available. We followed the suggestions posted in the forum and went to the Sansome Street entrance at 10AM. The line was long, but much much shorter than the line at Washington Street. The security check slowed down the line. It took us about 25min to get in. After getting in, we were allowed to go around the building freely.
We went to the second floor and turned right to Room 200B. Many people there. But, most of them had nothing to do with us. We dropped our AOS approval notices (courtesy copies) into the mail slot at the door of R200B. I standed there to check on our approval notices. In about 1~2min, our approval notices were gone. Then, we moved to somewhere closer to Window 19, which was about 30 feet away from the mail slot. In 3 min, we were called to Window 19. We gave the lady our passports, I-94, EAD, AP, and two photos each - didn\'t turn in the approval notices from the lawyer. The lady was very nice and put the paperwork together for us. In another 3 min, we were called again. The lady took our fingerprints and signatures. Then, we waited for 10min, my wife was called again to pick up her passport with the temp green card stamp - a very tiny stamp with handwriting of A#, name, etc. In about anouth 5 min, I was called to pick up my passport. I was told that it would take 8 months to get the card. Done. We got out of the building around 11AM. The officiers there were much nicer than we expected. We walked back to the parking structure and paid only $3 for parking. We felt quite relaxed after the stamping. We didn\'t have any real celebration but got a nice lunch together.
BTW, there are restrooms on the second floors. The waiting room is not too bad either.