David and I went to the INS office to be fingerprinted yesterday. We have been waiting for them to mail us our fingerprint appointment since mid-November. We received it this past Wednesday. We were expecting a long wait at the office. (Being a government office) However, we were pleasantly surprised and were in and out within 20 minutes. As we were leaving David commented that he almost asked the lady if she knew she worked for the government. But he thought better of it! Since they still have more papers to send us.
Once our fingerprints clear they will send us a letter called a FDL (Favorable Determination Letter) that basically states we are good to go and can bring home an orphan and he will be declared a US citizen. This is the final step toward having our dossier ready to mail to China. Last time it took 9 days to receive this letter. We will see what happens this time. I expect it to take a little longer with 2 holidays thrown in those 9 days!
I did notice that my fingerprints had several lines across them. They looked like wrinkles, I asked the lady if those wrinkles were going to get in the way with the matching process. She said "No, they're fine, You people all watch to much CSI" Yes, I agreed with her, I probably do. I wanted to ask her if my prints would be run through CODUS but again, don't want to make the nice lady mad.
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