I've been waiting to get verified as well. Unfortunately, out of the six providers I've seen in the last couple of months, only one is a verified companion on this site. As I'm planning my next encounter, I'm finding it difficult to schedule an appointment with someone who's already verified on this site.

I personally don't have an issue with the verification process, but since this site is not very active in some of the Gulf Coast forums, verification is much harder than in other more active states.