I took BART from Fremont around 7 AM. Came out of Mantgomery station straight into Samsone street. Six blocks from the station, the BCIS office is located at the junction of Samsone and Washignton.
I reached SFO center at 7.50 AM. Stood in a queue on the Samsone street side. The security there reverted me back to a bigger queue on the Washignton street side. Although it was mentioned in the approval letter to go to 630 Samsone st, he did not allow me in. Again I stood in a longer queue on the Washington street side. The security was heavy. Even my shoes had the previlage of travelling thru the scanner. After they are assured that I did not have any WMD they let me in. I need to show my Driver's Id at 3 places before getting the token. There were around 300 people waiting for various cases inside the building. At the time of issuing token, the clerk asks for your city of residence. There were very few people waiting for I551 stamping.
It took 2 hours for them to call my token.No questions were asked. I returned my 2 I94s, EAD, AP and passports. I submitted the courtesy copy of my approval notice. If you give the attorney's original copy, they'll once again call you to get your home address. The IIO took everything and got my index finger's print and my signature in the I551 form. It took another 2 hours to call my name back to issue me the stamped passport. At 12 noon, I was outside the building with my passport stamped. The stamp is a small, non-glamarous entry in one of the blank pages of the passport. As my family is currently in India on AP, I've to make one more piligrimage to SFO office to get their passport stamping.
I am planning to visit India using this stamp. Hope there will not be any problem and the immigration people at India and Singapore will understand the significance of this otherwise discrete stamping.
Best of luck to all waiting to get their approvals soon.
I reached SFO center at 7.50 AM. Stood in a queue on the Samsone street side. The security there reverted me back to a bigger queue on the Washignton street side. Although it was mentioned in the approval letter to go to 630 Samsone st, he did not allow me in. Again I stood in a longer queue on the Washington street side. The security was heavy. Even my shoes had the previlage of travelling thru the scanner. After they are assured that I did not have any WMD they let me in. I need to show my Driver's Id at 3 places before getting the token. There were around 300 people waiting for various cases inside the building. At the time of issuing token, the clerk asks for your city of residence. There were very few people waiting for I551 stamping.
It took 2 hours for them to call my token.No questions were asked. I returned my 2 I94s, EAD, AP and passports. I submitted the courtesy copy of my approval notice. If you give the attorney's original copy, they'll once again call you to get your home address. The IIO took everything and got my index finger's print and my signature in the I551 form. It took another 2 hours to call my name back to issue me the stamped passport. At 12 noon, I was outside the building with my passport stamped. The stamp is a small, non-glamarous entry in one of the blank pages of the passport. As my family is currently in India on AP, I've to make one more piligrimage to SFO office to get their passport stamping.
I am planning to visit India using this stamp. Hope there will not be any problem and the immigration people at India and Singapore will understand the significance of this otherwise discrete stamping.
Best of luck to all waiting to get their approvals soon.
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