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I had an interesting experience at the DMV today. My NOA is 7/19/17 and like many others I received the courtesy copy of the 18 month extension. My drivers license was set to expire based on the 1 year extension so I went to the dmv to get the license extended for the additional 6 months noted on the courtesy copy. Like always the dmv sent my documents to USCIS to determine when they should set the new license to expire. They got the approval back and to my surprise they gave me a new 8 year (this is the max in my state for a standard license) license rather than the expected 6 month extension. Maybe I’m thinking to much into this but my thought is USCIS May have already reviewed my application and let the DMV know it’s good to go. Otherwise why would they allow them to give me a 8 year license. Interested to hear what everyone thinks?

16 minutes ago, databit said:

You are lucky that the clerk did not sense, or did not interpret your anger as threatening. Most offices have a security officer on hand and the police could have easily been called. Arguing or trying to "reason with" the police could have gotten you arrested, and put a serious blockage to your ever becoming a full-fledged citizen. Any charges from the SS office would be federal charges, by the way. 

 

To all:

IT IS UTTER STUPIDITY TO EVER SHOW ANGER WHILE AT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. In the current climate with all the shooters and terrorists, all federal, state and county agencies are on hyperalert. 

You are completely right. I didn't show any anger at the clerk and was as friendly as possible. I'm a kill em with kindness kinda person! By the end of the experience we were both joking with each other and I was sure to get his name, shake his hand and thank him for his help. He even made a point to say how the director was so impressed I came in with the instructions. 

Just wanted to post about my trip to the social security office today.

I lost my previous card and went in to get a replacement with my expired green card and my I797. After an hour wait I went up to the window and showed the gentleman my documents. He immediately said he can’t do it since my GC is expired. I was able to convince him to at least try and after 20 mins he gave my paperwork back and said there was no way he could do it. He said I would have to come in when my new GC is delivered. I walked out of the office so mad so I drove home and called the social security customer service line. After an hour hold I was finally able to speak to a rep and explained my situation. She advised that I have everything the office needs and it should not be a problem. She referred me to an article on the social security websites POMS System. https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025

I drove back to the SS office and waited in line again for another hour with a print out of the article from the SS website. I went back to the same window and presented all of the same information but this time handed the POMS article. The gentleman read the article for 10min and then said I don’t have an I797. The document I have is the receipt for the I797 so there is nothing he can do.  I tried to explain that the receipt notice IS the I797 but he just wasn’t having it so I asked him to check with his supervisor. He went around back and was gone for another 20mins or so before he returned. He said he spoke to his supervisor and the “document specialist” and they all agreed this isn’t the right document.

At this point I was livid. I have a document from your website showing you how to process the forms but you won’t help me. I asked to speak to his supervisor myself. He told me to take a seat again while he got his supervisor. I was waiting for another 30mins before he returned and said he ran it by his assistant director and they finally came to the conclusion that I was right after all. He said nobody in the office had been trained on this procedure and without me bringing the article in it would have been a no. He proceeded to use this instructions in the article I provided and was able to successfully order a replacement card. 

Phew. What an awful experience! If it hasn’t already, would a mod of this forum kindly sticky a copy of the article I used so no one will ever have to go through this nightmare again!

Sorry for any typos/grammar errors. I’m still decompressing after that truly terrible experience.