In the mail today, Susan and I received letters from the USCIS requesting us to come to their office tomorrow to be fingerprinted for FBI checks in support of our I600A.
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Yesterday, our adoption agency sent our homestudy report to the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, formerly the INS) – Sacramento office. After the USCIS receives our homestudy report, they will mail us an appointment letter to have Susan and me fingerprinted at their office (for FBI criminal checks). We should receive our fingerprinting appointment […]
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Click here for “JOURNEY TO JOY: Couple adopts a daughter from half a world away” from the Patriot Ledger (MA). Click here for “Newly adopted Chinese infant cozies up quickly to her new family” from the Wet Mountain Tribune (CO).
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Read the travel journals of families traveling in China RIGHT NOW adopting their daughters by clicking here and here. Both websites are being updated daily.
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Click here for “From China, with love” from the Elmira Star-Gazette (NY). Click here for “New home, new job and baby makes six” from the Quad City Times (IA). Click here for “West Linn woman finds way to help orphans in China” from The Oregonian.
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Today, we got our medical clearance letters for our adoption application signed by the doctor and notarized. So we got one more task accomplished in our paper chase to complete our Chinese adoption application.
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One adoption agency verifies that yesterday they received Chinese adoption referrals for up to the November 11, 2004 DTC date.
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For those who don’t know about the Chinese adoption process, rather than send notices to applicants as they are matched with orphans, the Chinese government sends out referrals (notices of applicants being matched with orphans) in monthly batches. For instance, everyone who submitted an adoption application to the Chinese government between (roughly) mid-October to mid-November […]