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Home Study In Hand!

I nearly hugged the Fed-Ex man today but he slipped away too quickly before I could even open the door!  I did try to catch a picture of his truck though!!  The kids were like, "mom, you've really lost it. Why are you taking a picture of a truck?"  This isn't just any truck- it just brought our notarized original Home Study!! We've been waiting since February 9th when we were completed our requirements and now today on May 9th 2013....it's here!!

So I open it up, take a look at the last page with the notary stamp, flip back to the front page to skim.....AHHH!  They made a mistake and have my son's birthday wrong! (again...we've already sent in 2 pages of mistakes during our editing and reviewing).  This is frustrating and disappointing but I know it'll get mended.  Just a minor bump in the road and not going to let it steal my joy that I have papers to touch!!! Yippeeee!!!

Last night I filled out the next step.  The I-600-a form which goes to the United States Homeland Security for US Citizenship and Immigration Services.  In my simple understanding, this is the step where we have yet another set of fingerprints taken and an international clearance accepted for us as the adoptive parents.  This also sets the stage for immigration services for when we bring the children home to the U.S.

This process is between 4-6 more weeks.  While we wait we are getting papers notarized and then authenticated with the State Department. After that, we will have all our requirements and be ready to send the dossier (the big pile of papers all pretty and notarized, authenticated, certified, specialized....) ready to be translated and to Ethiopia!

Praying for the rest of the journey and for bumps in the road to be smoothed over as the Lord sets our paths straight.  He's already there!!
                                          (there goes the Fed-Ex truck!)  
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  1. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 3:11 AM

    The United States Homeland Security for US Citizenship and the United States Homeland Security for US Citizenship and Immigration services
    can really help you to come out of this issue.

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  2. UnknownMay 10, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    Thanks! Found the i600a form and info. at:
    http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=abde5f56ff55d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD Wow, that's long. Anyone else who needs go to the www.uscis.gov site and click forms. You'll find it.

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