AP and EAD Experience at Arlington Office
SWaiting, I think you need to go to Arlington Office otherwise you can mail the application to Arlington office. When I was waiting in the line, an officer walked by and asked me what am I waiting for. I told him EAD and AP. he said EAD, I have to mail the application. Since I am there any way for AP, I thought I will give a shot in applying for EAD.
Since my case is TD'ed to Arlington, I have no other option but to go to Local INS office. My AP was expired and EAD to renew in Feb 2004. So i went on Oct 21'03 to Arlington office and stood in the line around 6:45AM. My turn came at 12:00PM and it lasted for 2 min (its really pathetic. I asked her about my status, she said 'Pending', and Thats news). She took the applications for Both AP and EAD and wrote a single receipt.
In that waiting and frustration, I forgot to attach my photos to AP, I remembered on the way back to work. I was so pissed off, I just went to work and left everything like that.
for EAD, she said, it would take 90 days.
On 24th of Oct, an officer from Arlington Calls me and says photos are missing and later he said he can approve my AP if I can drop the Pics ASAP, instead of mailing, since they might get lost in the process. I went on 25th of Oct around noon time and left the Pics in room no: 100. There was nobody, there was a place on the table for AP's queries.
They mailed my AP on 26th and I got it on 27th of Oct. I was really amazed the way they handled my case. So there are NICE and HARD working people at Arlington Local Office.
I wish they handle the GC cases with the same Pace.