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McNasty
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
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 Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: F2 renewal all in one day |
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I went to immigration the other day to renew my F2 and E2 visas and it was done in about 2 hours.
Is this a new procedure?
Have the laws changed?
I couldn't believe it when the official said,"Please wait for your name to be called in about 20-30 minutes."
I was expecting a note that stated the date to return for pickup, but when they called my name they handed me my passport and ARC and I was stunned. I leafed through my passport and sure enough all the stamps were there and the modifications had been made to my ARC card as well.
It's nice to see positive changes developing at the immigration office.  |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| 2 hours! Mate,my last two have been done in 20 minutes not counting the waiting in line to see them. |
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McNasty
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| fidel wrote: |
| 2 hours! Mate,my last two have been done in 20 minutes not counting the waiting in line to see them. |
Minor slip, I should have been more specific.
2 hours total. Most of the time was waiting for my number to be chimed. Then a short 10-15(approx) wait for my name to be called.
The best part was that it was done during the lunch break with 2 people on staff.
I thought they shut down the whole operation once lunch time rolled around.  |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Also getting work approval (E2 stamp) only takes about 10 minutes. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| yeah takes about 10minutes for them to do the renewal. Just a simple matter of checking your paperwork, then entering a new date into the computer, and printing the back of your card. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yes... Mine was done in minutes. He stamped it there and then right in front of me, was very fast. |
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PatrickSiheung
Joined: 21 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I got mine in one minute...
what do I win?  |
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