Fingerprints in Ecuador, everything else by post and email
- Week 1Gets fingerprinted locally.
A local police station or shop rolls the FD-258 card, and Susan posts it to a U.S. vendor she has never spoken to.
- Week 4Card rejected.
Two impressions are unreadable. Nobody checked before it shipped. Back to step one.
- Week 7Result arrives, without the apostille.
Susan now has to find someone in the U.S. to obtain the U.S. Department of State apostille and post the original again.
- Week 12Apostille back. Translation refused.
The translator she found is not one the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility accepts: the file needs a certified Spanish translation.
- Week 15Finally files.
Four providers, four invoices, and months gone.
One visit in Quito, one file, one team
- Day 1Requests a visit, pays once.
Identity checked at her door in Quito, prints reviewed on the spot, Letter of Identity Verification issued.
- Week 1Card lands at Globeia Washington, DC.
Submitted to the FBI by our own team. Susan follows it in Globeia SmartPortal.
- Week 3Result received and checked.
The U.S. Department of State apostille requested the same day, no re-posting, no new provider.
- Week 6Certified Spanish translation done.
By a translator the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility accepts, ordered after the apostille so nothing is done twice.
- Week 7Ready-to-file clearance in hand.
One invoice, one reference, and the file ready for her Ecuadorian residency.


