I’m interrupting “9 for ’09” here to report that I have now had my fingerprints taken for the FBI to run a check on me.
That sounds ominous and “dude, what did he get caught doing?”-y. But now I’m going to take the bad-boy-glamorous shine off it.
This is actually a requirement during the process of becoming a citizen of the United States.
Interestingly, this is also a requirement during the process of procuring for oneself a green card. Four years and change ago, I drove to the same place and had my hands manhandled by the same people, but apparently my fingerprints have somehow changed during the intervening time.
It’s all part of my nefarious plot, you see. I change my fingerprints every couple of years so that I can keep getting away with stuff. It’s lengthy, and painful, but it’s so rewarding.
Or something.
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My girlfriend just took her citizenship test yesterday. She’s from Dominica and has been a resident for sometime so this was a long awaited thing for her. Exciting stuff!
@sisyphusfragment It is quite exciting in its own way, though there’s an awful lot of red tape involved. Congrats to your gf on plowing through it all. 🙂
She had some help, she joined the U.S. Air Force.. lol
It’s surprising how helpful that can be, on so many levels.