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    DMV Wakefield, Rhode Island

    3.2 (11 reviews)
    Open 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

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    Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles

    2.7(106 reviews)
    20.8 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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    Registry of Motor Vehicles - Front Entrance

    Registry of Motor Vehicles

    2.6(78 reviews)
    48.4 mi

    I never really realized how scattered our RMV offices were! Since I worked in the city, I'd never…read morethink about it - there was one within walking or T distance. But now with the pandemic, reservations are required, and where are these actually located??? I had to look at a map to figure that out. Reservations open up during the work day, and are snatched up lickety split, so take advantage of being able to renew your Driver's License up to a year in advance and lower your stress level as you attempt to make an appointment. The RMV won't let you in without an appointment. We tried. It was that or shoot to grab a freshly available reservation after the Driver's License expires, and ask someone who still has a good DL to take you. But fortunately, later on that week, someone must have cancelled, and we managed to grab a same morning appointment. The location wasn't the most convenient, but at this point, who cares? Score! Make sure to have plenty of time for your appointment. It took us us 3 hours to get all set here that day.

    Went in for my class m endorsement, everything was fine until I questioned the fact that the…read more(clearly beginner rider) had passed with performing 2 circles to the right, 2 to the left and then up the street and make a u turn and come back and he passed so when I got up they had me performing figure 8s and hand signals (reasonable, I expected that) but when I questioned the fact that the new ridder had passed, that's when I knew I was failing right then and there. I'm a very collected person this I think is the first time I've ever lost my cool like this in public in my whole life I never felt so disrespected in my life by someone who clearly was on a power trip. This lady who clearly hasn't ever even touched a bike, was gas lighting me the entire time. Giving me instructions and then telling me after I perform what she said, that Im not listening/ following instructions. When it was improper articulation in the instructions. And then the icing on the cake was when I stopped at the cross walk before the stop sign, I stopped and put my foot down, then proceeded to stop at the stop sign after the crosswalk. And she goes, "what happened at the stop sign.." and I'm already very frustrated at this point. And she fails me for not being stopped for 5 seconds. I've never heard of this in my life. So I ask for a supervisor. No supervisor. I get a number, and they gave me a fake number that didn't even ring. Long story short. Don't plan on passing anything by the sounds of how they operate at this location. Unless you are bringing extra cash because that's the type of people that work here. Such a waste of tax paying dollars on these useless employees. If we are implementing AI not sure why we are wasting money on all of these low motivated paper pushers. But hey, let's not change anything important right?

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