Saturday, November 18, 2006
Adoption Update 11/18/06
Lots of progress has been made this week on the adoption front.
1. We received our certified originals of our birth certificates (
2. Our homestudy consent and check were received by our agency. On the same day we were assigned a social worker and she called us to arrange our first appointment at her office. This will take place on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We'll also set-up times on Wed for our individual appointments; and the last appointment will be at our house.
3. We hand delivered our I-600A on Tuesday and received our fingerprint letters. It didn't happen without some drama of course (...thinking of Jen of Three Sons...). When I added up the cost to file the form, and the two $70 fingerprint fees, somehow I got $695. So Michael got a cashier's check for $695. I realized this the night before and we were planning to get to the office at 8AM before the banks were open. Mother nature helped us out - we had a rainy morning so the traffic was horrible. We delayed going downtown until we knew a bank would be open and got another check so we didn't have to wait in line only to be turned away & told to get a proper check.
It was neat meeting the woman who will be processing our I-600A. She said that if we bring back our homestudy in >three-four weeks, our fingerprints will be processed by then and we should be able to walk out of the office with our I-171H in hand! How cool is that???!!!
4. Since we were so late and I had to get back to work, Michael completed his I-600A fingerprints and also had his LiveScan fingerprints later that day. This is on my list for next Wednesday.
5. Last things we need to check off the homestudy list: get our appointed guardian to write a letter, get our letters of recommendation in, finalize our financial stuff (M says it's almost done) and get back M's employment verification.
Piece of cake!
1. We received our certified originals of our birth certificates (
2. Our homestudy consent and check were received by our agency. On the same day we were assigned a social worker and she called us to arrange our first appointment at her office. This will take place on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We'll also set-up times on Wed for our individual appointments; and the last appointment will be at our house.
3. We hand delivered our I-600A on Tuesday and received our fingerprint letters. It didn't happen without some drama of course (...thinking of Jen of Three Sons...). When I added up the cost to file the form, and the two $70 fingerprint fees, somehow I got $695. So Michael got a cashier's check for $695. I realized this the night before and we were planning to get to the office at 8AM before the banks were open. Mother nature helped us out - we had a rainy morning so the traffic was horrible. We delayed going downtown until we knew a bank would be open and got another check so we didn't have to wait in line only to be turned away & told to get a proper check.
It was neat meeting the woman who will be processing our I-600A. She said that if we bring back our homestudy in >three-four weeks, our fingerprints will be processed by then and we should be able to walk out of the office with our I-171H in hand! How cool is that???!!!
4. Since we were so late and I had to get back to work, Michael completed his I-600A fingerprints and also had his LiveScan fingerprints later that day. This is on my list for next Wednesday.
5. Last things we need to check off the homestudy list: get our appointed guardian to write a letter, get our letters of recommendation in, finalize our financial stuff (M says it's almost done) and get back M's employment verification.
Piece of cake!
4 Comments:
Deb said...
You've had a busy week. Every thing seems to be moving well and your first HS appointment is Wednesday that is so soon. Will be thinking of you then.
Yeah So said...
Very cool to be getting such personalized service. Here in the big city that is an impossibility!!
Jennefer said...
You are coming along quite well with everything. I am glad you got the right check in time. I think my name is becoming synonomous with all things dramatic, unnerving and problematic in the adoption process.
Melissa said...
Things are really moving along for you. Congrats. It won't be long now before a referral call.
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