Week 7 - Inefficiencies
We finally got D's birth certificate back from the state of New York. Processing time from order date to arrival in our mailbox = 16 days.
Now the certificate goes back to NY county to have it re-certified. Estimated processing time = 14 days.
Then the certificate goes to the Secretary of State to be certified yet again. Estimated processing time = 5 days.
Lastly, it goes to the Chinese Consulate for authentication. Estimated processing time = 15 business days.
So, from start to finish, including a day on each side of the equation for shipping, completion of a single dossier document originating in New York = 60 days if done through the mail (assuming it doesn't get lost in transit on any of its trips).
Dossier completion of same said document by a courier - Estimated processing time = 5 days.
Whatever the courier wants to charge us to not have to deal with New York government offices anymore = priceless.
posted by tocspaw at 5:23 PM
2 Comments:
LOL LOL LOL Yes, just like a Mastercard Ad!! :-))
Yes, we too used FedEx every step of the way. I wasn't going to trust any of our precious dossier document to the US Post Office! Another thing we did was pay our agency extra to authenticate our entire dossier at once at the Washington Consulate to save me a step with all the paperwork.
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