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.