The Day Off

Went to the USCIS downtown this morning for my wife's biometrics appointment. It was scheduled for 9AM. We were expecting to wait. I brought a book. We got there about 8:40 and there was only one other person there. My wife filled out a form and was instantly fingerprinted, photographed and sent on her way. We were there less than twenty minutes.

She's also going to need a Social Security card so we headed out to the office to see if/when she could acquire one.

We got there and the parking lot was full. There was not a seat to be had inside. We were B-122 and B-103 was called while we waited. There were also people with A and C, and maybe even D before their numbers.

Just to see what would happen, we headed out on an errand then came back to the office. About forty minutes later there were even more people and B-105 had just been called. Rather than wait until 2PM, or later, it was best to try another day, and camp out overnight to get a decent spot in line.

We headed home to escape the heat for a bit then went to Haiku for lunch. My friend Stephanie has her work on display all month and it was a good way to get some decent food. I'd never been there before, the patio is lovely, complete with a koi pond. It was a bit too hot out there today so we opted to dine in. Good food. I had a large portion of padd thai.

At the end of the day, we're still waiting for her status to change but we think another step in the right direction has been taken.