You know your life has changed when you enjoy getting mail from Homeland Security. We received our USCIS approval today! This is the I-797 form that we’ve been waiting, and waiting for, and waiting for…. As it turns out, having our fingerprints made early did not speed up the process for us. It seems that many families are in the same boat as us; trying to get our dossier to China by Oct.1 so that we do not have to meet additional requirements. Anyway, a copy of the I-797 will be notarized, certified, and authenticated the first part of next week and then sent on to Children’s Hope International to become part of our dossier.
We found out yesterday that one of the papers we had already turned in for our dossier needs an affirmation statement added by the notary. This should be an easy fix; I hope. Along with the I-797 copy and the corrected paper, we still need to send passport size photos of each of us and a family photo as well as our letter of petition. This is a letter that we’ve written to the Officials of the People’s Republic of China requesting to adopt a child from China. In the letter we request a girl 12-36 months with a minor correctible need. We are anxiously waiting for our referral; maybe we’ll have one by next month. I can’t wait to see my baby girl’s face.
Lori
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