Henry was a man who knew where to look to get what he wanted. In college, he knew a forger that allowed him to enter bars in his sophomore year. Reaching out to him took some time, but he was able to get through to him in under a week. The man had also leveled up his craft. He did not do just fake IDs. He also forged passports and both birth and death certificates. That was perfect. Dropping a week's pay from his savings, he was able to get him to forge driver's licenses, birth certificates and even a pair of fake Social Security numbers for them. Henry knew that this was only the first step. They still had no legal status. All these documents were fake. That did not matter though. It was just a needed first step. They were 16 years old. It was not hard to bump the birthday back 25 months. It was not easy to tell a young person had aged much in 2 years. Now that they were "officially" 18, it was a snap for them to open a bank account online. Because it was online, all they had to do was take a photo of the license and a letter addressed to them at his home for their proof of address.
It only took a week for the small local bank to approve them and send their debit cards in the mail. There was a minimum initial deposit of 50 dollars required, but Henry's job meant that he could pay 100 dollars for them easily very easily. Signing up on mailings lists for car magazines and coupon books was even easier. Emails were free too. He then sent them with the fake IDs and junk mail to a small county office. They were able to register to vote with no issues. The voter registration cards came in the mail about a week after that. Now they were starting to have a legal presence. It was time to go for the big leagues. They were still stateless without a federal accounting for who they were. Luckily, The Dustin Family had some Irish roots. Henry, Susan and Mile's mother was born in Ireland before coming to America as a teenager. Henry's parents were well aware of the situation with the clones by now. So were the Kidman grandparents. It was easy for Henry's mom to pass along her birth certificate to him to send to the embassy along with 2 forgeries. Crimson and Scarlet were with him.
A claim of citizenship to Ireland through descent was a bit complicated. He had to have a witness affirm that information was true. The witness also needed to see 2 out of a bath of 4 photographs of them be taken. He had a really good friendship with a priest at the church downtown near his office. He could be that witness. Confession and penance later for this sin would be well worth it. Getting him to sign onto the photos and the application form took no time at all. Luckily, Henry's mom did not legally change her name when she got married. It was just a customary thing during her tenure as a teacher to change it and have it be respected by her students and fellow teachers. She voted under her original surname as she was a citizen before long before getting married and still did to the current day. If she had, it would have caused a delay. Henry wondered if the documents would be found out as forgeries. They were told to do an online form. The woman working with them could do it for them on her computer. The fee for adults was 278 pound, or 327 dollars. Henry gave it to them.
