This is our second time adopting... my first time to do all the paperwork. I wish I would have understood the authenticating process a little better BEFORE I ordered the birth and marriage certificates.
I didn't realize they needed to be authenticated in their state of origin... ugh!
So, shipping these documents back and forth reduced my number of Starbucks drinks to -2 this month... at $5 shipping per piece... shipping both ways USPS priority mail... to 3 different states is a bit upsetting. Not because of that price... that was a great deal... but, because I was required to ship them originally for $20 a piece.
Well, I sent them off to three states... two shipped today (Friday) and were back in my hands the next Wednesday. Not bad. Now I am waiting for the big stack from our home state. Sent Saturday... they should arrive soon.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Our I-800A was received!
This evening while I was working on one of Gabriella's scrapbooks, I received a text and email message simulataneously saying that our I-800A has been received.
Dear Applicant/Petitioner:
Your USCIS application/petition has been received and routed to the National Benefit Center for processing. Within 7 - 10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number SIMXXXXXXXXXX.
Dear Applicant/Petitioner:
Your USCIS application/petition has been received and routed to the National Benefit Center for processing. Within 7 - 10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number SIMXXXXXXXXXX.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Our I-800A is off to USCIS
We sent our I-800A off to USCIS.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
This was a long form with all of our personal information on it and our request to adopt two children.
We should hear from them in a week.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
This was a long form with all of our personal information on it and our request to adopt two children.
We should hear from them in a week.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Homestudy Completed... Happy 18th Anniversary!
Today we celebrate two gifts...
Our NEW homestudy, with our new agency has been completed for us to adopt two little girls up to the age of 6. This homestudy took 48 days.
We have waited for Amaris for 18 years; but we got our first glimpse of her on June 20, 2011.
We have been looking for our "gift" for about 2 1/2 years now... we have found her several times, but at the wrong time... and, not always has she been under 6.
Today Jason and I celebrate 18 years of marriage. He is an amazing husband, daddy, and baba. I am so grateful to have married such a man of integrity.
Our NEW homestudy, with our new agency has been completed for us to adopt two little girls up to the age of 6. This homestudy took 48 days.
We have waited for Amaris for 18 years; but we got our first glimpse of her on June 20, 2011.
We have been looking for our "gift" for about 2 1/2 years now... we have found her several times, but at the wrong time... and, not always has she been under 6.
Today Jason and I celebrate 18 years of marriage. He is an amazing husband, daddy, and baba. I am so grateful to have married such a man of integrity.
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