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Today, I have to take a day off to take my mom the renew her green card. We have already sent the application attached with a $370 personal check to the INS office. We got a notification a few days ago, which notifies us to meet our appointment on 10:00 A.M. this morning. I got up really early in the morning, and me and my mom ready to go. We arrived there pretty early in the morning, around 9:40 A.M. I parked my car, and re - check all the credentials were ready. There was a guard out there, checking each one of us at the parking lot area. He notified us that we can bring our appointment letter and a Picture ID, which is the green card, and leave everything else in the car. No cell phone, not purse, and no other personal items can be bring in the building.

When we entered the building, another guard check our credentials and guided us to fill out the form. Once we filled it out, we get in line to present it to the receptionist person. Then we be seat with a assigned number and waited to be called. There were at least 10 persons working in that facility, excluding the security guards. There weren’t many applicants in the waiting list as I can see. But the process is taking forever it seems. We were sent to other section, I- 90, we were number 17, and the number machine was blinking at 15. We thought that it won’t long since only 1 person ahead of us. Ironically, it took us to wait at least 2 hours there. There were 2 black ladies working at the cubicle, typing, writing. Once while, one lady roam to to another one’s cubicle chitchatting a little, and back to her cubicle. Later they both go to bathroom; in the hallway, they met someone, and chat little bit. How convenience of 8 hours a day.

Once, a friend of mine told me that I should work for the government branch. Relaxing is the number one condition if I work for the government. I don’t need to be hurried, and I still got good benefit, all I need is to be a U.S. citizen. Now, I realized his meanings. It was the same on DMV, when I help renew my parents’ driver’s license. It would take a while to process the new application. and I was committed a crime if I dare step forward to ask a simple question. He/she will stare with a unfriendly look.

But don’t forget, we are the taxpayers, we pay them to help us. we provide them the benefit on health, dental and 401k. They should expedite the process instead of socializing in the scene. And they should respect us even more.

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