How to get to your USCIS biometrics appointment and / or interview

To get to your biometrics' appointment (fingerprints and photo):

- 1. Head south on 101

- 2. Exit 101 at Steele Lane Guerneville Road (Exit 491)

- 3. At the intersection, take a right on Guerneville Road.

- 4. Take a right at 1401.

The building will be on your right.

If you cross the railroad tracks you have passed the Application Service Center (ASC). Turn around.

- You may or may not need to have your biometrics taken. USCIS Will send you a letter stating whether you'll need to get the biometrics portion of the application done or not.

(see map below)

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For information and up-dates regarding potential closures

of any USCIS Office, nationwide,

click here.

To get to your interview:

You can drive to the USCIS San Francisco office.

- 1. Head south on 101

- 2. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Several payment options are available to you:
A. you to use a FasTrack account ($8.75 as of 06/14/2024)

($9.25 starting July, 1)
or
B. you want a license plate account

($9.00 as of 06/14/2024),

($9.35 starting July 1)

or
C. without all that you will receive an invoice by mail for

($9.75 as of 06/14/2024)

($10.25 starting July 1)
To find out more about the various ways to pay the toll,

click here.

- 3. Stay on Van Ness which is 101.

- 4. Turn right on Jackson.

- 5. Turn left on Gough.

- 6. Turn left on Clay to cross Van Ness going East.

- 7. Go East on Clay all the way to Sansome.

- 8, just after Sansome, going East, you will cross Battery, on the driver's side you will find the Golden Gateway garage. For more information, click here.

To find out where parking lots are available through Parkopedia, click here.

Beware: Driving to San Francisco can take up to 3 hours or fewer than 1 hour an 30 minutes depending on traffic. Then you have to find parking that can take a while.The total traveling time is about 4 hours.The total cost, minus the price of gas, is $9.75 ($10.25 starting July 1) if you do not have a FasTrack plus the cost of parking in San Francisco.

(See map below)

To get to your interview:

You can drive to Larkspur's Golden Gate Ferry terminal.

- 1. Head south on 101

- 2. Exit 101 at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. (Exit 450 B)

- 3. Drive under the overpasses and head east for less than a mile. The Ferry Terminal's parking lot will be on you right.

- 4. Park your car and you will need to pay $2 to park there. The way to do that is create an account with Parkmobile. Or you can visit the Golden Gate Ferry's Daily Parking webpage. You will be in:

"Parking Zone 111 Larkspur, CA"

- 5. Also, you should get a Clipper Card to quickly go through the gate and not have to buy tickets at the gate. You can buy a Clipper Card there and add monetary value to it there too.

- Ferry ticket fares are going up July 1, 2024. So check the Ferry's website first. To find the ferry fares (how much it costs to go to San Francisco from Larkspur and come back),

click here.

- 6. To check the ferry's schedule, click here.

OK, so you sailed smoothly to the historical

San Francisco Ferry Building. Now, you need to walk about a 1/2 mile or less to the USCIS building located on the north east corner of Sansome and Washington. Sansome goes North South and Washington goes East West.

Beware Driving to Larkspur may take more than 2 hours or fewer than 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Ferry ride takes between 30 and 45 minutes depending on the ferry. Finding parking at the Larkspur Ferry terminal is not, usually too difficult. Walking from the San Francisco Ferry Building to the USCIS building takes about 10 to 20 minutes

-The total traveling time is about 4 hours.

-The total cost, minus the price of gas, is:

$28 without a Clipper Card, $17.50 with a Clipper Card

Fares are going up July 1, 2024 so check the Ferry's website first.

$2 for parking at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal

To get to your interview:

You can drive to SMART.

- 1. Head south on 101 to the Sonoma Aiport Boulevard exit (Exit 495)

-2. Take a right at the intersection, head west

-3. Just before you cross the railroad tracks you will see on your left the parking lot for the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART).

- To access SMART's website, click here.

- To use SMART you will need to get a Clipper Card. and you will need to set up an account with Parkmobile. to pay for parking.

- You can buy (for $3) a Clipper Card at the train stop.

- Once you buy a Clipper Card, you will need to add monetary value to your card (or you can buy a preloaded card for $60 which should be more than necessary).

You cannot buy a ticket on the train.

- You will need to purchase one Clipper Card per person traveling with you. In other words one Clipper Card cannot be used by two people at the same time and on the same trip.

- To learn how to use the Clipper Card vending machine at the Train stop, click here.

- Beware! A Clipper Card is not the same as a Clipper Card Pass!

A Clipper Card is valid all over the vast bay-area public transportation system. The Clipper Card Pass is only valid for the agency that issued said pass. So, if you buy a Clipper Card, you can use that same card to use SMART and the Golden Gate Ferry or the buses in San Francisco. If you buy a Clipper Card Pass for SMART then you can only use that pass on SMART. Also, the Clipper Card Pass is only valid for 30 days and costs $200.

- You can also get a SMART eTicket for you IOS phone or your Android phone through the Apple App Store or the Google App Store. To find out more about SMART eTicket, click here.

- HEADS UP! Once you have your Clipper Card and you have given it monetary value. Before you get on the SMART train, you MUST "Tag On"! This will allow you to travel on the train. When you have reached your destination, you MUST "Tag Off"! In this case, you must "Tag On" at the Sonoma Airport stop and then "Tag Off" at the Larkspur stop. The ride should take about 79 minutes (1 hour and 19 minutes)

OK, so you made it to SMART's Larkspur train station. You will need to walk to the Golden Gate's Larkspur Ferry Terminal (about 1/2 mile). It takes about 15 minutes to 20 minutes do so or if you have mobility difficulties or are unable to walk to the Ferry Terminal or back to the SMART station, you may take the new SMART Connect Shuttle. To learn more about the new SMART Connect Shuttle,

click here.

Once at the ferry terminal, use your Clipper Card and "Tag On" at the gate to pay for your cruise to the San Francisco ferry building. If you, by accident purchased a Clipper Card Pass you will need to buy a round trip ticket at the terminal's vending machines.

- To check the ferry's fares, (The ferry's fares are going up July 1, 2024) click here.

A ferry ride takes between 30 and 45 minutes depending on which boat is being used.

- To check the ferry schedule, click here.

OK, so you sailed smoothly to the San Francisco Ferry Building. You don't need to "Tag Off"!

You need to walk west towards San Francisco's USCIS building which is located on the North East corner of Sansome and Washington streets. Sansome goes North South and Washington goes East West. It's about 1/2 mile or less.

Beware: Driving to the Sonoma Airport Exit may take 1 hour. Taking the train to Larkspur takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes, walking from the Larkspur train stop to the Larkspur Ferry terminal may take between 15 and 20 minutes unless you take the new SMART Connect Shuttle. The ride to the San Francisco Ferry Building is between 30 and 45 minutes and then walking from the Ferry building to the USCIS is about 10 minutes.

- The total traveling time is about 4 hours.

- The total cost is about $34.50

$2 for parking at 1130 Airport Boulevard

$15.00 (there about): round trip on SMART from Sonoma Airport Boulevard to Larkspur (5 zones) about $17:50: Round trip on the ferry per adult

$17.50 Ferry Round Trip

$15.00 SMART Round Trip

$2 parking at 1130 Airport Boulevard

$34.50 total as of June 14, 2024

(plus $3.00 if you bought a brand new Clipper Card)

Remember, the Ferry's fare will go up July 1. 2024.