It appears that another small hurdle in the application process has been completed. I just found out that I have been legally cleared. This means that my next task will be getting medical clearance.
After receiving my nomination at my interview on January 24, I anxiously waited a week until I received my legal packet on January 31. I immediately filled out the information card for the FBI background check. I wanted to keep the process moving, so I snuck out of the office the next day, February 1, to get my fingerprints taken at a fingerprinting/notary public office a block away from the White House. It was a quick, funny $25 experience, as I had never had my fingerprints taken other than in elementary school for the police to have on record in case they needed to put my face on a milk carton. I immediately FedExed the completed legal documents back to Peace Corps. (Oddly, I found out that for a FedEx package to go 10 blocks in downtown DC, it has to go overnight to the FedEx sorting plant in Memphis!)
I just checked on the Peace Corps portal this evening and saw that my status had been updated on February 11 that I was legally cleared! Now I have to wait patiently for my medical package to arrive. I already have my wisdom teeth extraction consultation scheduled for February 19 and the surgery for February 28.
