Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Not Everyone Has Fingerprints!
So who do you know that doesn't have readable fingerprints? The answer for me is my mother. I guess years of working in a laboratory, arthritis, and poor circulation make for little or no fingerprints. My mother went to the Houston Police Department to get her prints today and they said that some people just do not have readable prints. They even printed her on an additional card so hopefully the FBI won't make her go back yet again. Everyone keep their fingers crossed. (Pun intended.)
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Every mother should take time to have black fingers from the ink for a day. It was an interesting experience to go to the Houston Police Station. When I returned, the same person repeated the black ink on the fingers.
I have to say I went down that exact same road. My mom doesn't have "prints" either. I was told by the INS, local police and FBI that there is 1% of the population that has unprintable fingertips. It sounds like your mom and my mom could have been spies or jewelry thefts in their younger days! Sadly my mom was printed twice by the INS (FBI approval) and 3 times by different local police agencies and none could get a good set of prints. So what finally was decided by the adoption specialist INS officer had to happen was my mom (who lived with me at the time of my IA adoption) had to answer a questionnaire under oath that was produced by them in front of an INS officer for them to give her approval. They were ridiculous questions - have you ever received a ticket from a police officer (who hasn't received a traffic ticket in 68 years of life?) - have you ever committed a crime (like she'd say yes even if she had) and then the he signed and stamped it and I sent it back to them. Now this whole process took almost 3 months because of the wait time between attempts and the INS's inability to make a decision on how to handle it even though they told me she wasn't the first one to have had this happen. If you are in Washington state feel free to email me and I'll give you the contact information for the INS adoption officer I dealt with. If not; you might contact your agency to see if they have a contact to help move it along. Best of luck getting over this hurdle. Believe when I say it's worth all the hassle and more. Just be aggressive during the US phase since you can do NOTHING once in Kaz!
Lou Ann & Lexie too
www.louannsadoption.blogspot.com
PS - my email address is louannquast@yahoo.com
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