USA FBI reports and credit card processing

[farmer]

We have to take get a FBI clearance for residency and we had our fingerprints taken. Sent husband to mail them to USA and he was not clever enough to use track and trace, so I have no idea if they got there. Was mailed reputedly August 2, and it is now Aug 30th and my credit card still has not been charged, so I do not know if they got there. Anyone else have a clue on how long it should take before it gets to USA and FBI charges Credit Card. I HATE to get my fingerprints take AGAIN and next time I will personally mail them courier.

thank you

[parpalhou]

If memory serves, they charge the credit card when they actually do the processing, so they send the report shortly after you see the charges. It can take a long time though. For us it took 6-7 weeks from the time I mailed it for the charges to appear, then another 3-5 days to receive it (in Europe).

[Sandwich]

Yep, we got ours last month, but it was 4-5 weeks before they charged the card and another 3-4 weeks before we received it back in New Zealand. Don't panic, it'll get here eventually.

[farmer]

Thank you. I will tell the husband to hold off of getting re fingerprinted by now. We had our fingerprints taken more than Charles Manson by now. I had initially had them taken 2 x since the FBI could not read my prints, and the last go round was the 4th time. I am worried, as much of the mail coming from the USA to NZ never reached me, including my IBM retirement kick off package, which I had them mail more than 3 times, which was pure torment. Also my mother sent me some Christmas packages that never reached me. The reason for the new fingerprints is that we are going for a residency again using the SMC whilst our original residency is sitting in Wellington. We consider Wellington processing as BROKEN.