We got our finished and notarized homestudy today. I sent off our forms to USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration) which will "pre-approve" us to have our little guy become a US citizen when we return home. I have a feeling this will be a fairly long process for us. I talked with my homestudy case worker today and she said that the person who had been processing the files for years just retired and they replaced him with a new girl who has had NO training. Go figure that this would happen just before we sent in our application! I will try to be patient through this process, but I just want to be a number on the wait list soon. I guess in each stage we have to have something to be praying about, so this is our big mountain to be moved now. Quick and thorough processing of our I600a and dossier. While we might have to wait a while for our Fingerprinting and FDL from USCIS, we can still send in our dossier!! YAY! I am so excited about this part. We will officially move into the "dossiers in office" stage tomorrow when I send it off. It would have been today, but I have to make two more copies of our homestudy first. What a relief to have this part done!
There have been more and more families popping up around us who are adopting from ET. I just heard about another family an hour south of us who is using AGCI also-how fun. I got to have a meeting with a lactation specialist today who is going to help me and another adoptive mom prepare to nurse our kiddos if possible. This would be so great in order to boost the health of our babies. Well, that about sums up our progress. When we hear about a finger printing appointment we will let you know.
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That's great!!! Finishing a dossier is a wonderful feeling!!!!!
I am excited to hear when your fingerprinting appointment is.
michelle
How cool will it be to be able to nurse your little boy! I HOPE that works out! I'm so glad you got all your paperwork taken care of. You probably won't know what to do with yourself since that has been done. I will surely pray about the processing of everything. I'm anxious, but I'm sure you guys are even more than me!
The Chess Family
So exciting to hear about your progress and how the Lord is working through all of this! I bet your hearts are just so full!! Keep the good news coming! :) You're in our prayers!
Tiana
I am right there with you! I know how it feels at the probability that you won't be a number for a while. My brain understands the process, but my heart doesn't. I try to take joy in the fact that our dossier is off and we will be in another category on the update this Friday!
How cool about the nursing! Although I nursed both my kids for 18 months, I always had trouble producing enough milk, so I never want to see a pump again. I commend you for nursing your child, because nursing is about so much more than milk. You will make a beautiful bond with your child and have all the added health benefits.
Amy
Congratulations on getting the dossier off. It feels so good to get the paperwork out of your hands and somewhat off your mind! Can't wait to hear when the appt is!
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