FP done, FBI says processed
Hi,
I did my FP on 1-dec-2001 (scheduled on 12/22) @ san diego (el cajon)
went there early in the morning, the officer told me to come back in the afternoon since they only allow walk-ins on wednesday and saturday afternoons. went in the afternoon around 12:45, was out by 13:15. The technician was very courteous and very patient. Due to some reason, it took several attempts before the machine accepted my prints (Most of the times it kepts saying ridge breaks, sometimes even when the machine said pass, the technician felt they were too light and kept doing it until the machine said "pass" for each finger and she was happy with it too.) All this while her friends were standing next to me waiting for her to go to lunch. That shows how much of a professional she was. Very pleasant experience indeed.
I am not sure if other people got their FP done on an older machine (I read something about watching for a green light) This machine told the operator if there were ridge breaks or whether the finger prints "passed". The machine was a "digital biometrix Inc. Ten Printer 1133s"
Today I called the FBI and they told me they had received the prints from INS on 12/1 (same day) and they processed and sent it back to INS the same day. I asked if the quality was good and they said INS had requested that this information be handled only by the INS (is that correct ? I thought the FBI did not disclose the results of the check, but they did tell you whether the quality of the prints was good ).
Anyway, can someone please give me a useful tip on how to get hold of an IIO, I always get the busy signal. Any help would be appreciated.
Also a link to the discussion about the system1/system2 theory would be very helpful.
Thanks