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    3.1 (12 reviews)
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    8 months ago

    My appointment was at 9:45, and I was out the door at 9:51. I know it's not always like this, but a delightful experience.

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    Ridiculous how you can't get through to these people. Really don't want to go there for nothing just to get a question answered

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    Registry of Motor Vehicles

    2.9(141 reviews)
    32.0 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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    Registry of Motor Vehicles

    2.4(48 reviews)
    39.9 mi

    PEOPLE NEEDING A REAL ID: You will be turned away if your birth certificate is laminated (RI). This…read moreinformation is not on the website. An additional trip to your birthtown hall will be needed to grab another certificate for ANOTHER fee. **UPDATE: AAA accepts them and are friendlier.

    OK the good parts: it is a nice facility, plenty of room, clean, good bathrooms, easy parking, easy…read moreto find. Front concierge grey haired lady was super nice and efficient, explained things clearly. Easy to know when my number was called and where to go. The man who did my license photo and MA Real ID was awesome. I would give a 5 star for those people and maybe a 4 star for the website, where it is not 100% clear how to do the out of state title and reg. And here is the one star part. I have never been made to feel SO stupid SO fast by anyone. Nobody in my family or friend group would EVER speak to a stranger the way the lady at counter 1 talked to me - like I am an idiot, when yes I made a mistake in an answer, but she acted like I was an imbecile and like I was going out of my way to make her life harder, when the opposite was true - I went in so organized, hoping to do it all right, polite, cheerful, kind, and open, ready to have a good transaction. So first she wanted to know why I couldn't do my reg and title AFTER I had my 10:40 appt and I explained someone at her office already said I should do it beforehand. So she was pretty pissed about that and didn't want to help me. And then she asked "Do you have a MA credential" and I said "No, I just have CO," and she was pissed about that, but she started entering my SSN and she said "You DO have a MA credential, why didn't you tell me?" and I said sorry, that I haven't lived here in 20+ years and I didn't understand that she meant did I EVER have one, and then she kept saying how I was wrong, making extra work for her, and she could SO EASILY have just said "It's OK hon, no big deal," but instead she said "I ASKED you three times, I can't believe this, I'm never going to get out of here," (mind you it was still like 9:15 am) and then she said "I ASKED you if you ever had a MA credential" and I said "I'm sorry, I thought you meant a current one," and I was absolutely shaking with adrenaline but didn't want to make a big deal because she had all the control over whether I could complete my task so I just stood calmly. After a few moments of her doing the tasks on her end, which she did quite efficiently, and me getting my breathing under control, I did get to write the check and I said thank you, and I got the license plates I needed, and I said, "I'm sorry this was so much more complicated than you wanted," and at THAT point she was like "It's ok, thanks for your patience, bye honey" and all that stuff, but I was still struggling not to cry before my license photo an hour later. Maybe she has some issue where she has to make people feel bad before she can then give them the gift of kindness, I hope she has a better day today.

    Woonsocket DMV - departmentsofmotorvehicles - Updated August 2026

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