After hearing horrible stories from people and information on the Web, I felt that as soon as I am going to step into INS office they will immediately arrest me. in spite of all this I still decided to go and register myself, as it is of no use delaying.

I went to Houston INS on 5th Feb, after passing the security screening i proceed to the registration window, The officer was blunt had no expressions on his face gave me a paper to fill it and took my passport, i sat down near the windows curiously looking at other peoples faces to find out what is happening, i filled out the form and kept it with me until I am being called.

After about half hour i was called and an lady officer said that she needed my license and the paper i filled, and told me to wait until she calls me again, 20 minutes later i was called again and she escorted me to her office she told me her name, she was courteous and was talking in a low tone. She told me that i am out of status, as my H1 petition is pending action, i than told her that my lawyer had told me that i am not out of status as per a memorandum from Michael Pearson which was issued on mar30 2000 HQ70/12/P AND HQADN/70/21.1.24-P regarding the pending petitions. later after competing my registration she gave me a fin number and told  me that i will be investigated by another officer of INS. I again came out and after 15 minutes another Ins Male officer took him to his office and just asked me some simple questions and told me to wait outside. after another 15 minutes he came out and handed my passport to me and told me that you are done.

I thanked God and came out of the office towards my home. The reason is that they are not as scary as it seems and if your documents are in order no one can harm you.