Friday, September 25, 2009

Off to the races!

Today I mailed our I600A (Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition) out to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service/Homeland Security!

The next step in that process will be getting fingerprinted. Once they reviewed our I-600A, and our fingerprints have cleared and our home study reviewed, the Immigration Service will send us an I-71H. The I71H is officially called the, “Notice of Favorable Determination Concerning Application for Advance Procession of an Orphan Petition”. It can take 2-4 months to get the I71H. Here's hoping it is on the low end of the spectrum.

Talked to Susan, the Ethiopia Director at our agency, we have changed our plans a bit and now would like a toddler girl between 12-24mos. She said we are 7th in line and 5th in line for an infant girl. But where we have shifted off of wanting an infant, we may be higher. There is no way to tell how long it will take.

Most likely our dossier will official be complete on Tuesday and sent out for authentication.

Enjoy the weekend!

L

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