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Got stamped in SF this morning. Our approval notices had SF office instructions though we live in santa clara county, so we drove to SF office (Sansome St.).
Arrived: 6:15am
(About 50 people ahead of us, queue was moving already, security check opened at 6:15).
At security check 6:45am, it took us 10 minutes to get through. A lot of people had not thought that the security/x-ray would be similar to an airport check in so it was taking a few minutes per person.
Were given Tokens D-421/422. Apparently they give out tokens for each approval (A family of 4 in front of us were given 4 token numbers). They started calling around 6:50am,
Called to window: 8:10am
Provided all docs (photos, current EAD, all past APDs - 3 each, I-94) - officer looked relieved everything was organized neatly.
Signed and fingerprinted by 8:20am. Officer stamped passports with cheesy looking stamp and hand scrawled various things including
I485 approved. DOE 7-19-2004 (approval was 7/22 so i dunno why DOE is 7/19) and POE SFR. Stamp valid for 1 yr.
Officer said the card should arrive "within 40 to 60 days" and to go the San Jose office for any other immigration matters or card related matters since we were Santa Clara county residents.
Out at 8:30 for a semi-celebratory breakfast in Burlingame (Cafe Copenhagen) on the way back.
ok. done. now the cards should arrive and thats it. we wont be applying for citizenship so hopefully this is the end of the ins-related troubles for us other than re-entry permits at some point (gotta keep those lawyers gainfully employed...)
-WAC-02-223xxx, EB1b OR, 2 x AC-21 filings, no RFE. details elsewhere on this forum.
2nd FP 6/17
Approved 7/22
Arrived: 6:15am
(About 50 people ahead of us, queue was moving already, security check opened at 6:15).
At security check 6:45am, it took us 10 minutes to get through. A lot of people had not thought that the security/x-ray would be similar to an airport check in so it was taking a few minutes per person.
Were given Tokens D-421/422. Apparently they give out tokens for each approval (A family of 4 in front of us were given 4 token numbers). They started calling around 6:50am,
Called to window: 8:10am
Provided all docs (photos, current EAD, all past APDs - 3 each, I-94) - officer looked relieved everything was organized neatly.
Signed and fingerprinted by 8:20am. Officer stamped passports with cheesy looking stamp and hand scrawled various things including
I485 approved. DOE 7-19-2004 (approval was 7/22 so i dunno why DOE is 7/19) and POE SFR. Stamp valid for 1 yr.
Officer said the card should arrive "within 40 to 60 days" and to go the San Jose office for any other immigration matters or card related matters since we were Santa Clara county residents.
Out at 8:30 for a semi-celebratory breakfast in Burlingame (Cafe Copenhagen) on the way back.
ok. done. now the cards should arrive and thats it. we wont be applying for citizenship so hopefully this is the end of the ins-related troubles for us other than re-entry permits at some point (gotta keep those lawyers gainfully employed...)
-WAC-02-223xxx, EB1b OR, 2 x AC-21 filings, no RFE. details elsewhere on this forum.
2nd FP 6/17
Approved 7/22