FINGERPRINT RESULTS

Did I pass...or not?  Well, I think I did.  Today we received a call from Jill,  our adoption counselor at Crossroads.  She seemed pretty upbeat as she described a call she had placed to follow up on my 2nd attempt at fingerprints yesterday.  The office she called was the NBC (National Benefits Center) which is a division of the USCIS (the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services).  This is where all intercountry adoption applications between Hague Convention countries are processed.  (Sorry if this is too much information...)   Anyway, the person she spoke with was helpful as she reviewed our file and listened to what Jill had to say about trying to expedite our paperwork - that our kids are older, and school will be starting soon.   Jill also described the problems we went through with fingerprints during the initial background check months ago. This lady then agreed to personally work on our file as it had not yet been assigned to anyone.   She volunteered to see what she could do to help move the process along.   She promised to look into it within the next few days.   Jill was very pleased as this gives her/us  a specific contact as questions arise along the way.   This person at the NBC did say that from what she could see, it appeared that my prints were approved.  Although this isn't a firm "yes", we are optimistic that either way, our case will be handled and we will proceed to the next step.