Home Study APPROVED!!

 These important documents arrived in the mail today!!! Yay! This is so exciting! Not only is it proof of reaching a big mile stone in the adoption process, but it allows us to move on to one of the final stages of paperwork....

Applying for our I-800 from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)

These words put a huge smile on my face!

The I-800 application is us asking permission to bring an immigrant into the country. We could not apply for this until we had a finalized home study to send along. We intent to mail it out tomorrow!

The processing time frame is roughly 1 1/2 - 2 month so we are anxious to get the ticker started! (Pray for a speedy process!) After mailing our I-800 application they will send us a receipt to notify us that our documents have arrived and logged into the system.

Then we will receive a notice by mail that will give us the appointment time and location of where we  get finger printed.
After that they will issue our approval. That form is one of the most important documents because it is what allows international children to be brought back to the United States.

One paper at a time sweet boy!

And after we receive that approval our dossier is ready to be sent to China!

Next up in the adoption process......one we've been waiting on for a long time. The very thing we've been doing all this paperwork for....
                   
......................Receiving a referral! We will be having a conference call with our agency to discuss the details of how this next phase works. But now that our home study is finalized our family is eligible to be matched with a child! (happy dance!) But how that works will be an update for next time!

So long my friends!