So, today we had our fingerprint appointment to "renew" our prints which are due to expire next month. No Biggie.
Yesterday evening while gathering our appointment letters to get ready for today, it hit me. One look at my hands, more so, my fingers and I totally freaked out!!!!!
You see, this past weekend, while in an Indian store, this henna-loving me, picked up some mehndi to apply, and surely I did apply.
I start thinking, If my prints can't be read because of the henna, they'll ask me to come back once the henna is gone, but this could take anywhere from 6-8 months....Panic sets in fast!!!
On the drive this morning, my hubby tries to reassure me it will be alright, but I cant help wonder how far back this will set us.
Fast forward to filling out the form once you walk in & the receptionist asking the standard question "you don't have any cuts or bruises on your fingers"?
ME: No, but what about this (showing her my hands)
HER: (Gasp). Henna? Oh no!!
ME: (Silent and stunned at her reaction)
HER: Follow me
While following her, she explains that the old machine's couldn't read one's prints with henna but they had installed newer equipment and no one had shown up with henna since, so she was going to try and see if my prints were readable (or whatever is it they do) . I do what's required and my prints appear on the screen and we both sigh with relief. Crisis averted.
6 comments:
I know that panic is no laughing matter (I had an idiot moment after our referral and realized the day before a month-long vacation that our prints were due to expire before we had a court date), but your description of what happened when you showed her your hands made me chuckle. So glad it worked out okay!
LOL. I know you weren't laughing but it is kinda funny now that it is over.
I would never have even dreamed that! I'm glad it worked out well for you though :)
Thanks for the reminder to look at our fingerpring expiration date! One question - did you pay to have the re-prints done? On their check list it doesn't appear as if you have to send $ in with the re-application, however, on the I-171-H it sounds like you do. Still a few months away for us, but it'll certainly happen before we travel!
@Karen...No, we didn't have to pay. On the letter you send back, just mention that this is the first request to be Re-fingerprinted..
Something similar happened to us when we got fingerprinted the first time! My husband had cut his finger on a bagel and actually had a nightmare the night before that the wouldn't let him do his fingerprints... and it happened! Luckily they just wrote on our appt letter that he could come in whenever he wanted & we got it done within a week.
I understand your panic!! :)
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