Saturday, July 14, 2007

the federal government and my attempts at negotiating it

after several weeks of emailing the fbi asking for my background check i uncovered a west virginia number that i could call to check on the progress. the woman told me there was a four month backlog of work and that they would do their best to get it to me on time.
a week passed and this morning i called senator cardin's office to get a little help. the lady on the other end, joyce, took my information and assured me they would look into it.
an hour later i get a phone call from my mom,
"what does your fbi thing look like? because there's this thing here with your fingerprints and on the back there's a stamp that says, 'no criminal record'."

i had to call joyce back and leave her a voicemail telling her to call off the investigation. when i return home next week i will collect my things and head to the chilean consulate in dc to apply in person for my visa.

one step closer to santiago.

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