Okay, I've gotten communication from the INZ that they have all of my paperwork. I got an automated email that there had been an update to my status, so I called to see what that was. Apparently everything is being sent back to me because there are "things missing". My partner contacted a supervisor at the INZ and they apparently want a "State of Ohio" criminal background check. I submitted a background check, an original, with a seal, that came from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that said I have no criminal record whatsoever. My background check was done using the Webcheck system - my fingerprints were scanned and a
complete check was done - this system is used to check healthcare workers, people who work with elderly and children and is comprehensive (local, state and federal background records). The darned thing even was mailed to me from the office of the Attorney General of the State of Ohio!
I started at my local police department and they don't do the fingerprints any more, because this is faster and more comprehensive, and is soon going to be the only way to get a background check done! I had to go to a specific place and have the scan done by a person who was trained to do this and it cost $40 to have it done. A background check can be done in a matter of hours instead of days. (I had my fingerprints scanned on Friday morning and received my police check in the mail the following Wednesday.) They have the ability to process 5000 requests in a day. The same company will process the inked fingerprints but that can take up to 30 days and if the prints are smudged or not good, then the process has to be repeated. When I did the scan, the operator knows when the prints are submitted whether they are clear enough or need to be rescanned then and there. This is it; this is the official background check here in the USA, not an auxillary company of some sort.
So, now I find I am missing something that wasn't even requested, according to what I re-read for the umteenth time on the INZ website! I'm a 52 year old female who has been a nurse for 30 years, lived in the same small town all my life and don't have so much as a parking ticket! What would even make them think I could possibly have any kind of criminal background beyond a form from a federal agency that says I have "no criminal record found" in their huge database???
