No Problems With Immigration

[Meri]

If you travel back to the US after receiving your FBI report you will have to do it again, even if you've already submitted it, so it's actually best if you get it after your trip. If you have all your paperwork to apply for a Visa, just take that with you and you can show it to them leaving and coming back and you'll likely be fine.

Thanks for the encouragement I thought the same thing...when I posed this scenario to the immigration guy (i.e. taking all the documentation I do have with me) he just shook his head and said that wouldn't matter. But I mean, what was he going to say - it's not the proper route and he's a government official....