Fingerprints in Laos, everything else by post and email
- Week 1Gets fingerprinted locally.
The shop posts the card to a U.S. vendor Noy has never spoken to.
- Week 4Card rejected.
Two impressions are unreadable. Nobody checked before it shipped. Back to Step 1.
- Week 7Result arrives, not yet legalised.
Noy now needs U.S. Department of State authentication, then legalization at the Embassy of Laos in Washington, DC: two more offices, two more couriers.
- Week 12Legalization back. Translation refused.
He used an ordinary translator. The Lao authorities requires a certified one.
- Week 15Finally files.
Four providers, four invoices, one missed visa appointment.
One appointment in Laos, one file, one team
- Day 1Books online, pays once.
Identity verified, prints checked on the spot, Letter of Identity Verification issued.
- Week 1Card lands at Globeia Washington, DC.
Submitted to the FBI by our own team. Noy watches it move in his portal.
- Week 3Result received and checked.
Authentication requested the same day, then legalisation at the embassy, by the same team.
- Week 6Certified translation done.
By a translator the Lao authorities accepts. Ordered by us, in sequence.
- Week 7Ready-to-file clearance in hand.
One invoice. Visa appointment kept.


