we received our 171-H today!

We went to dinner at one of our fav neighborhood restaurants, First Course, to celebrate.

our home study documents were sent to USCIS

And now we are just waiting for our 171-H.

recieved the first draft of our home study

We will return our home study draft. Our social worker will update, notarize and send to USCIS to begin processing for our 1-171H (approval to adopt an orphan) Next big steps 1) beginning our Dossier and receiving our 171H.

where are we at in our adoption process?

Had conversation with the program director to further understand where we’re at, why we can’t start the Dossier and what to now expect with some of the changes. She was great, informative, and patient. Learned we can’t start the Dossier until Feb. Was suppose to originally do in December, then pushed back starting until 1st week of January now it’s another month to start it. The delays begin….

digitally fingerprinted by the US government

We went over lunch and it was a cold and snowy afternoon.

receipt of I600-A and an invite to fingerprint!

We made an appointment to get electronically fingerprinted.

our case worker visits our home

We had our final meeting with our case worker. She’ll spend 15 min. or so with Max and the rest of the time with us. Should be able to start the dossier & Vietnam application right after that.

receipt that USCIS received our I600-A

On the list waiting to get invite for fingerprint. At least we know they received our completed form.

dropped off our completed I600-A

We are waiting for our invite to fingerprint from Immigration, USCIS. (hoping for 3-4 weeks, but could be up to 3 months)