[lotsa_love_2give]

We have our homestudy Thursday so I am just wanting to get some pre-homestudy information.

We have to have the FBI, State and Child Maltreatment clearances. Does anyone know how long these take to get back?

Thanks!

[Fran27]

2-3 weeks was the norm for us. Sometimes less.

Fingerprints were another matter... but not all states require them.

[mkviola]

All of that (including fingerprints) were only a couple of weeks. Of course, I don't have "good prints", according to our local police dept., so mine got sent back. Apparently they aren't very deep, which would be good if I was a criminal (again, according to our local police officer that did them), but bad when sending them off to the FBI for adoption. Luckily they went through this second time or I would have had to pay the $45 again!

Do you know if you need prints? I know some states do and some don't.

[luckyshamrock]

Fingerprints took a day or two with the electronic submission. I sent my own child abuse registry and got it back in a week.
I may depend on your state.

[Kat-L]

My foster son's step dad has been waiting for fingerprint results since May. He used the traditional ink and card method. The electronic ones are much faster (about 2 to 3 weeks).
You might have to call around. Different police stations in my county offered different methods.

[JLyle]

If you're having trouble getting an acceptable set of fingerprints using the traditional ink & card method, be sure to ask if there's some way to do the electronic fingerprinting that previous posters have mentioned. I went through three sets of rejected fingerprints and so they finally ended up doing a "name check" (whatever that means) which took a long time to get back. This severely delayed our home study completion process.