Better Than Good News!
My fingerprints arrived in our hands from the FBI about 10 minutes ago with that much anticipated NO RECORD FOUND stamp!! We're back on schedule!We were pretty down all weekend about my fingerprints because we knew the FBI wouldn't even receive them until Monday morning. Well they did show up there on Monday and I called that afternoon asking for a status.
The woman on the phone at the FBI asked when FedEx showed that they were received there in West Virginia and I said "10:30 this morning". She laughed (I'm not kidding) and proceeded to tell me to call back in about three days because "it takes three to five days just get through security and in the pile to get processed. Then it'll be another few days to process even with your adoption priority."
That was not what we wanted to hear.
Stacy talked to our adoption coordinator and we decided not to make any plan changes until Thursday, just to give it a few more days.
[Good news begins here!]
Also on Monday, after reading a comment from Nicole about what she did when they had some fingerprint issues, we took the advice in the link she sent and we sent an email to the FBI.
So here it is Tuesday morning, and I get an email at about 6am from a Gary at the FBI. He says he found our envelope [in security] and would do everything he could to expedite the request. And boy did he. Over the next hour and forty minutes, Gary got our package through security, up to processing, got it processed, and had it in a FedEx overnight envelope.
Gary needs a raise.
A supposedly 2 week process was done in under two hours because someone took the time to understand our situation. He's getting quite the Christmas gift from Elkin, Stacy and I this year! :)
So now we have to get some things notarized, apostilled, and mailed off to our agency and the paperwork should be done. We'll have our travel meeting tomorrow with our adoption coordinator that will spell out the details of our trip.
Then it's packing, lots of odds and ends, and we're off - IN A SHORT 10 DAYS!!!
posted by Tim @ 10:43 AM
9 Comments:
I don't know why, but I got a little teary-eyed reading about Gary. Nice people are awesome, wouldn't you say? I'm so happy for you guys. How exciting!
Gary is my new best friend. I might send him a plane ticket to visit us in Colombia.
Very exciting! If you're in Bogota for any length of time, please visit. I'm at the Halifax. FYI, all the courts in Colombia are on strike and no adoption applications are being processed currently. You may want to check with your agency re: whether you should still come on your date (I'm sure you CAN, but likely you'll be in country longer than anticipated).
Joanne
Joanne - we won't know where we are staying in Bogota until a few days before we leave. If we have the time, we will be sure to look you up! I spoke to my agency this morning about the strike. They expect for it to be over this week or next week at the latest - let's hope that happens!
Congrats! I hope everything goes well once you get to Colombia. We have been following your blog for sometime now and was also were wondering what you have been told about the strike. We have tickets to leave the week after you to get 4 kids from Cali but were told to hold off and change our tickets for a later date. They dont think the strike will be over and if it is there will be a back log? You are the second family Ive read about still traveling, the other is Oct. 6. Just wanted to see if you had any other info. Good Luck!!! Hope all goes well for you!
Nance & Ken
I've been praying for you and your situation and so happy to read your good news!! Can't wait to follow your travels as you meet your son.
Hip Hip Hooray!!! God really came through, didn't he?!? And Gary does need a raise!! Tell him thank you from the entire Colombian Adoption community!!
Thanks Gary!!!
Great news!! I knew it would work out and the strike will too, God is on your side, he brought you to it and he will see you through it!!
Love you
Aunt Deanna
Gary certainly does deserve wonderful things in life. What a great guy.I'm glad you have a way of contacting him personally again.
Things are looking up for you guys. So much excitement!I am a little worried about this strike people are talking about but I'm glad you're optimistic about it. And I agree with Aunt Deanna, God brought you to this and He'll see you thru it. Love you both! - Elkin's grandma Fisher
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