My wife did her biometrics in Hartford on Tuesday and went to Boston today to get the stamp. We received the biometrics letter but never the NOA. The officer said we should have received the NOA1 (no sh##. that's why she had to go to Boston).

She can now go to the DMV and do her driving test. They wouldn't let her do it because her GC was expiring.

goooo Mrs. Strike !

Congrats Claudeth's time is coming up in November Can't believe how the time has flown by

woot! she went alone. I'm very proud.

I have very similar situation. Need to get DL, got biometrics appoint but not NOA1. Went today for Infopass. They took GC and stamped my passport but the stamp is good for 6 months only since today (GC expired a month ago). Told that thats how they do it - I might choose between keeping my GC and waiting my extension letter or lose my GC and get a stamp. I chose the second as I needed to go get my licence NOW.

LuckyStrike, did they take ur wife's GC?
is stamp valid for 1 year, not 6 monthS????
what DMV saying, are they accepting the stamp???

1. no. she still has it (expires 10/3)
2. yes, 1 year
3. not sure yet. I'll get back to you next week

On a side note, we were at Hartford yesterday the 14th for my husband's biometrics, and I was SHOCKED at how small and "non state of the art" the office was!!

Glad to see some Hartford area folks on this thread. My wife had her biometrics done at the Hartford ASC office (on Pearl Street), and I have to agree that this is the most disappointing office (a government office notwithstanding) that I have been to. The demeanor of the person at the office was also rather unprofessional. If you accompany your spouse for the biometrics, be prepared to wait outside the building on the street while the biometrics is completed (which could take up to an hour or more). I found this treatment to be similar to what one would endure at a US Consulate in a third-world country. I was sorry to see this inside the US. Anyway, we are glad to be done with the biometrics.

Is there any experience on an infopass appointment at Hartford for the GC extension stamp on the passport? Do they give a 6-month extension or a 1 year extension at Hartford?

Thanks.

This is common practice at all district and ASC offices -- they do not allow any extranneous people into the building. If your spouse can understand English, and does not require a translator, then they only let in your spouse and not you. Jerry was only let into the building at OKC for the appointment that he was supposed to attend -- ie. our AOS interview.

yeah, it says something like that right on the BIO appointment letter ....

We live jut outside Springfield, MA. Our biometrics was in Hartford but the infopass sent us to Boston. She went alone and forgot to turn her phone off. She said they were pissed.


For the record they let me in for her biometrics NY (Long Island). It wasn't a problem. I wasn't with her at Hartford though.