Tough Spot - Need advise
1. Got ITA Oct 4, 2017
2. Deadline to submit documents Jan 3, 2018
3. Submitted and mailed all the fingerprinting documentation to FBI on Sep 26 thru USPS Priority Mail
4. Checked the status of the mail by using the tracking number and it was delivered at FBI Clarksburg WV as of Sep 27, 2017
5. Called up FBI customer service last week, this week and today and as of today they are working on Sep 7, 2017 cases (I am still 20 days behind)
6. Bummer - lost my USPS tracking receipt; searched everywhere but unable to find. Raised a customer service request too and they responded saying that I will have to go to USPS particular store where I mailed it out from to retrieve the tracking number
7. GO to the USPS store last weekend; convince the mailwoman to help with this issue; first she was reluctant but later she starting looking through the bins for all the mails that were sent on Sep 26, 2017 from that facility. Tried for 20 minutes but she couldn't find anything
8. She told me that the mail must have gone thru priority mail and there is no way to track it back. Had it been express mail (overnight) or Registered mail, they could have tracked it. - is this true? How can any business run w/o not having any sort of receipt for the transactions?
9. Now the issue is - I have 20 days left to submit my documentation (Jan 3, 2018) and I am 20 days behind in the FBI case queue. I have no tracking number from USPS
10. Items I have got to substantiate the proof include following:
a) Banker's check photocopies I made which was towards Treasury (FBI) - this is dated Sep 11, 2017
b) I have the photocopies of the fingerprinting forms with police department seal and signature - this is dated Sep 25, 2017
c) USPS customer service response stating that 'for the tracking number I need to contact the particular USPS store from where the mail was sent'
d) I also have in my credit card statement a charge of $6.73 dated Sep 26, 2017 and it shows charges for USPS
DO you think this would suffice as I hate to say I am standing on the edge??? Please advise!