Tuesday, May 22, 2012

USCIS Approved!

I came home last night to find these words in my mailbox:

"Notice of favorable determination concerning application for advance processing of orphan petition: It has been determined that you are able to furnish proper care to an orphan."

I was fully expecting to be pink-slipped, which is when they ask for more information or for more documentation. Since my appointment to be fingerprinted wasn't technically until last week, even though I walked in two weeks early, I was really surprised at how quickly approval came! And no pink slip. Thankful for little mercies! The USCIS approval basically means the US government has looked over my documents, done yet another background check, and approves me to adopt 1-2 children from ages 0-4 from the foreign country I've applied to adopt from. Hooray!

And here's a photo most of my registration dossier...just waiting on two more documents to be apostilled and then these babies will be en route to my agency and then to the foreign country! Now I need to start working on the NEXT dossier, for court...