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    Worst customer service. Avoid if you can and go to Norwich. They were so much quicker and friendlier.

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    the absolute worst dmv i have EVER been too. wasted two hours of my time they are unorganized and rude. 100% do not recommend at all!

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    Registry of Motor Vehicles - The pond was formed by damming a large tidal cove near the mouth of the Charles River.

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    2.9(140 reviews)
    51.6 mi

    Visited the South Yarmouth Branch this morning and had a reservation at 9:00. Little mixup with my…read morenumber but all went well. I f you do not have a reservation for this location be prepared to wait over 3 hours as reservation customers are taken first. Do not yell while you are in line or the registry cops will not let you in. Make sure all your paperwork is complete or you will not be served. The registry clerks are there to help you so keep your cool!

    From March 2020 to sometime in 2024, this place did not take walk-ins. Appointment only. That…read morecreated some issues, but meant that lines were at a minimum once you showed up. No more. Now, an appointment ONLY speeds up your check-in. You still go into the same queue as everyone who's just walking in off the street. As a result, you will need to wait 1-2 hours beyond your "appointment" time. What's more, there are multiple different queues (L, R, Q, M) that all show up on the same screen, with no explanation as to what they are, or what system they're calling the numbers in. E.g. they will call L76 and L77, then call Q545, Q546 and Q549, not calling any more L numbers for 12 or 13 minutes. Nobody will explain this to you, so you can't even eyeball how long your wait will be. Only nice element is that they have a computer you can log into your email with and print out documents, in case you forgot something or needed something extra. That's thoughtful. These are very solvable issues. This could work like the passport offices do: appointment only, except for emergencies that are manually screened.

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    Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles - Stairs

    Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles

    2.7(106 reviews)
    24.4 mi

    I haven't been to the DMV in more than a decade, since I'm an AAA member and go there for my…read morelicense renewal and Real ID update. I was gifted a preferred plate and needed to make a trip to transfer them to my vehicle. I may have been able to do this via the mail, but since I had a narrow timeframe, I opted to go in person. Reservations for the main location in Cranston generally book 2-3 weeks out. I made 2 appointments for the same day, one for the morning and the other for the afternoon in case I needed to gather additional information and didn't want to wait another 2-3 week for an appointment. One good thing about COVID is that it forced a restructuring of the DMV, which ended up being better for customers and employees, so many of the updates are still in place today. Step 1: make your reservation online for the day, time, and location you want to visit Step 2: arrive during your scheduled time Step 3: security will ask to see your confirmation before allowing you access to the building Step 4: wait in the check in line and hope that you have all of the forms and documents you need to get whatever you came for done Step 5: get called to the check in window (there are 4 of them) Show the employee behind the plexiglass your confirmation number, hand over your paperwork and forms for them to review and validate. If you have everything that you need, you receive a deli style ticket with a number on it and get to proceed to the upstairs waiting area. If you don't have all the paperwork and forms you need, you'll need to straighten that out before you go any further Step 6: wait in the second floor waiting area. The seats are so worn out that the faux leather is completely work off, leaving a spongy foam cushion to sit on. Even with an appointment, I waited 40 min for my number to be called Step 7: when your number is called, proceed to the numbered booth/window the automated system told you to enter and hand your paperwork over to the employee sitting behind that plexiglass. This person may or many not be friendly, but as long as they can take care of what you went to the DMV for, that doesn't matter. Pay your fee, collect your receipt, and leave.

    It's a state facility but I will say it's come a long way…read more Here with a successful road test driver to get his license. It's clean but worn in the seating area but it's clean. Spotless actually. People are professional. The key to any successful trip to the DMV? Read the checklists and be prepared with all the required paperwork. Will you wait? Absolutely. But save your sanity and your time by getting everything ready days in advance because there might be a few things that you need to prep (do you have to find your original birth certificate? Notary perhaps?) Positive experience here if you come with the expectation that it will take a couple hours and you have your stuff.

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