hi all,
so i had an infopass appointment today at newark (9:30am). Here is my experience
I arrived there at 8:50 and parked in the parking lot in Orchard St, between E. Kinney and Walnut st.
This is the closest parking lot to the building, right besides it. It is $5.50 up to an hour, $7.50 up to 2 hours and $11 for more than 2 hours. There are two entrances to the building, the one next to
the parking lot, marked entrance B and the main front entrance, entrance A (for visitors and appointments). Since i arrived early and it was supposed to be raining like hell, i showed my appointment notice to the policemen there and entered through B. At the same time, only one or two people where entering through A. But when i was leaving, huge line outside A, no people at all outside B.
Anyway, then i reached the 3rd floor, showed my appointment notice and entered immediately to a window. Absolutely no people before me. The officer got my I94, my EAD, AP. appointment and approval and my photos and stapled them all together. He then took my signature and right index fingerprint. He gave me a number and told me to wait. While he was doing the same for my husband,
my number was called, so i went to this other window, where they got everything he had stapled, unstapled it, checked it, filed a form with THEIR signature and info and my name.
Now the funny thing is that i have been always using my maiden name.This form was for background check. So even though i never carried or used my husband's last name, they made a search on that as well. So then they told us to sit and wait. Approx. 5 minutes later, they called us again, the checks have cleared and stamped our passport. The stamp says till when it is valid (1 year) and they hand write
your case number and your alien number. Then they congratulate you, tell you the card will come in
6-12 months and that's it. In the entrance at 8:50am, out by 9:25am (my appointment was at 9:30,
my husband's at 9:15).
Then we went up to the 10th floor to get a social security replacement that does not write "work by INS authorization only). We showed our previous SSN cards, our passport with the stamp, gave the forms we have prefilled, she typed some stuff in the computer, made us sign and said we will get it in the mail in 8-10 days. In at 9:30am, out at 9:55am. I loved our luck today; it was a nice change.
BTW, the INS office in this building has nothing to do with what you have experienced before.
Clean, modern, amazing. You immediately walk in and see how they treat residents against how you were treated so far.
In any case, no problems at all. My biggest suggestion is what anothe guy in the mailing list has said:
leave your car at this parking lot. It is NEXT to the building and you might be able to use entrance B,
where there was no line. When i was leaving, there wwere too many people on entrance A and 2 guys in entrance B.
And somehow, today, the queues and lines started after i entered the building!!
Good luck to all!
so i had an infopass appointment today at newark (9:30am). Here is my experience
I arrived there at 8:50 and parked in the parking lot in Orchard St, between E. Kinney and Walnut st.
This is the closest parking lot to the building, right besides it. It is $5.50 up to an hour, $7.50 up to 2 hours and $11 for more than 2 hours. There are two entrances to the building, the one next to
the parking lot, marked entrance B and the main front entrance, entrance A (for visitors and appointments). Since i arrived early and it was supposed to be raining like hell, i showed my appointment notice to the policemen there and entered through B. At the same time, only one or two people where entering through A. But when i was leaving, huge line outside A, no people at all outside B.
Anyway, then i reached the 3rd floor, showed my appointment notice and entered immediately to a window. Absolutely no people before me. The officer got my I94, my EAD, AP. appointment and approval and my photos and stapled them all together. He then took my signature and right index fingerprint. He gave me a number and told me to wait. While he was doing the same for my husband,
my number was called, so i went to this other window, where they got everything he had stapled, unstapled it, checked it, filed a form with THEIR signature and info and my name.
Now the funny thing is that i have been always using my maiden name.This form was for background check. So even though i never carried or used my husband's last name, they made a search on that as well. So then they told us to sit and wait. Approx. 5 minutes later, they called us again, the checks have cleared and stamped our passport. The stamp says till when it is valid (1 year) and they hand write
your case number and your alien number. Then they congratulate you, tell you the card will come in
6-12 months and that's it. In the entrance at 8:50am, out by 9:25am (my appointment was at 9:30,
my husband's at 9:15).
Then we went up to the 10th floor to get a social security replacement that does not write "work by INS authorization only). We showed our previous SSN cards, our passport with the stamp, gave the forms we have prefilled, she typed some stuff in the computer, made us sign and said we will get it in the mail in 8-10 days. In at 9:30am, out at 9:55am. I loved our luck today; it was a nice change.
BTW, the INS office in this building has nothing to do with what you have experienced before.
Clean, modern, amazing. You immediately walk in and see how they treat residents against how you were treated so far.
In any case, no problems at all. My biggest suggestion is what anothe guy in the mailing list has said:
leave your car at this parking lot. It is NEXT to the building and you might be able to use entrance B,
where there was no line. When i was leaving, there wwere too many people on entrance A and 2 guys in entrance B.
And somehow, today, the queues and lines started after i entered the building!!
Good luck to all!
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