CIS Fingerprints

So we had an extra ten hours on our hands and decided to hit the San Antonio CIS office for some exciting times. It is apparently the hopping place to be these days. Everybody is there. No really, EVERYBODY! In short, it was crowded.

Usually the universe conspires against my husband and he is assigned to the trainee in these situations. Though he was asked to check his "man purse"( yes, he carries a man purse AND still manages to be masculine and cute), this time the honor of helping to prepare the CIS agents of the future was mine (sarcasm).

My trainee was very sweet and readily admitted that my fingerprints did not take on the first, second or third attempt. Apparently the computer is "tricky". Finally the supervisor came and took them for me. My husband finished quickly and enjoyed reading his sci-fi novel. They surrendered his man purse upon request. :)

Then I was off to the doctor's office for another form to be notarized (I think these forms reproduce in priority mail envelopes) and my first round of vaccinations.

We mailed off our certificates to be certified and authenticated. Now it is a matter of another trip to the notary and the completion of a few more forms. Then we just wait for our various certificates to be returned to us and we will have our dossier completed.

Once we get our referral, the dossier will make its way through India's court system. This process alone takes 4-7 months so the minimum amount of notice we will have is four months.