Prints in Marseille, then a broken chain
- Week 1Prints near Saint-Charles.
A shop near Saint-Charles station takes his prints on an FD-258 and posts it to an online vendor.
- Week 5Card rejected.
Three impressions are too faint for the FBI to classify. Nobody checked them before the card left Marseille.
- Week 7Printed again.
A second appointment, a second courier, and his préfecture appointment getting closer.
- Week 14No apostille.
The result arrives without an apostille, and the Préfecture des Bouches-du-Rhône will not accept it in that form.
- Week 20Appointment moved.
A friend's translation is not by a sworn translator, so his naturalisation appointment is moved to a later date.
One visit in Marseille, the whole file handled
- Day 1Printed at home in Endoume.
Passport checked, FD-258 prints inspected on the spot, and the Letter of Identity Verification handed over.
- Week 1Into Washington, DC.
Our own staff submit the card to the FBI. Karim follows each stage in Globeia SmartPortal.
- Week 4Result checked.
We check the result for errors, then request the U.S. apostille the same week.
- Week 6Sworn translation.
A translator sworn at the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal works from the apostilled original.
- Week 7Ready for the préfecture.
One invoice. His naturalisation file is submitted complete.


