NYHOMESTUDY BLOG

Families who are trying to beat the May 1st deadline in China, should be aware that new New York State rules concerning their criminal clearances went into effect on January 11th. Fingerprint cards that were not processed by that date will be returned to your home study agency along with a duplicate fingerprint card that the state will be submitting to the FBI.
New York State criminal clearances will no longer be complete without an FBI clearance as well. At present, New York State estimates that it will take six to ten weeks for the FBI clearances to be completed. When new technology arrives, in approximately two months, the FBI clearances will take only 72 hours. Because dossiers will have to arrive in China at the beginning of April in order to be logged in by the CCAA by May 1, this new New York State regulation may negatively affect you. Please be in touch with your home study provider.