All of our dossier paperwork is about ready to go to Haiti. I'm going to head up to Chicago this week and go to the Secretary of State's Office, to the Haitian Consulate, and then hand them off to the French Translators. It sounds like all of this can be done in about an hour and a half. Luckily they're all within a few blocks of each other! A week later, I'll have them back and then off they go to Haiti.
Only problem is that we're not quite sure if we need to have heard back from the US Citizenship & Immigration (CIS) office yet with our I-171H approval. From what I've been reading it seems unnecessary to have at this time, but if the word comes back from our agency that it is mandatory now then we'll have another 6-8 weeks to wait before sending the dossier, sigh.
Speaking of possible slowdowns, it looks as through the adoption process in Haiti is taking a loooong time. So, instead of the 6 months or so that we were hoping our paperwork would be in the Haitian adoption system, it looks more like 12 months. Hence, after we receive a referral for our child it'll likely be another year until they are in the States (Summer '08). Yet, its all in God's hands, and He knows what He's doing so we're feeling alright with it. But I'm still keeping my fingers crossed the Haitian adoption system gets moving!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
I-171H Approval?
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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