The paper came in the mail today from USCIS. Our documents were received on Feb 11th. That isn't our official log in date, but, pretty close to it. I have sent an email to USCIS for confirmation of the actual log in date, but, it should be within a few days of the 11th. Our fingerprint appointment should be some time in March, possibly the first week in March. Approvals are taking around 30 days, so, we may know if we have been approved for immigration of a Chinese orphan by, oh, about March 15th or so.
I am packaging the Utah documents, all 7 of them, to be certified by the Utah Secretary of State's office. That will take a few weeks, which is fine, since our I800a approval from USCIS will be about a month away anyway. I am still waiting on Tim birth cert and our marriage cert to get here, so I can get them state certified in their respective states.
Then, our paperchase is done, and everything gets authenticated in Washington DC. We are almost done.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Just waiting
It has been 18 days since we sent our USCIS paperwork in. Several other families that sent theirs on the same day have recieved word that their documents are being reviewed. We have not gotten any news yet, but, I am not going to fret about that til we get closer to the end of next week and have not heard anything by then.
Tim's birth cert and our marriage cert are not back yet either, but, again, not worrying about that yet.
In watching the stats for USCIS approvals, it is getting even shorter, with the average being about 30 days now, so, we may actually, barring any problems, be approved in the next two weeks. That would be incredible, since the approvals were taking until 90 days minimum when we started this process in September.
Tim's birth cert and our marriage cert are not back yet either, but, again, not worrying about that yet.
In watching the stats for USCIS approvals, it is getting even shorter, with the average being about 30 days now, so, we may actually, barring any problems, be approved in the next two weeks. That would be incredible, since the approvals were taking until 90 days minimum when we started this process in September.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Final documents
Today the forms to request Tim's birth certificate and our marriage certificate went to Minnesota and Maryland, respectively. Expect to see those come in sometime in March at the latest.
Now all I have to do is complete the financial statement and get it notarized. Then, all of the Utah documents can be sent to the Utah Secretary of State for certification of the notaries. As soon as Tim's birth certificate comes back, I will turn that right around and send it back to Minnesota for certification, and when our marriage certificate comes in, I will package that up with my birth certificate and send them both to the Maryland secretary of state for certifications. Then, when all documents are certified by their respective states, I will package them up, and send them to Ky at AAI for authentication, unless she doesn't do that. The paperwork says she does, but, I have found that the paperwork isn't always accurate or up to date, so, I will cross that bridge when I come to it. Authentications are no big deal, I can handle that myself if need be.
Then, we need to send for Matthew's passport, since he is going to travel with us to pick up his little sister.
Now all I have to do is complete the financial statement and get it notarized. Then, all of the Utah documents can be sent to the Utah Secretary of State for certification of the notaries. As soon as Tim's birth certificate comes back, I will turn that right around and send it back to Minnesota for certification, and when our marriage certificate comes in, I will package that up with my birth certificate and send them both to the Maryland secretary of state for certifications. Then, when all documents are certified by their respective states, I will package them up, and send them to Ky at AAI for authentication, unless she doesn't do that. The paperwork says she does, but, I have found that the paperwork isn't always accurate or up to date, so, I will cross that bridge when I come to it. Authentications are no big deal, I can handle that myself if need be.
Then, we need to send for Matthew's passport, since he is going to travel with us to pick up his little sister.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I800a today!!!
Well, today we sent the I800a packet to the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) office. From the way the approvals have been going, we expect our next timeline to look something like this.
Date of receipt (the date the USCIS stamps our documents as being officially received in their office for processing. Probably about 1 to 2 weeks from today.
Fingerprint appointment. Probably one month from the Date of receipt. We will then go up to Salt Lake to have our fingerprints taken at their office.
Any requests for further information, clarification, etc, will happen during this month's time.
Approval, which right now is taking anywhere from 48 to 60 days from date of receipt to approval.
Date of receipt (the date the USCIS stamps our documents as being officially received in their office for processing. Probably about 1 to 2 weeks from today.
Fingerprint appointment. Probably one month from the Date of receipt. We will then go up to Salt Lake to have our fingerprints taken at their office.
Any requests for further information, clarification, etc, will happen during this month's time.
Approval, which right now is taking anywhere from 48 to 60 days from date of receipt to approval.
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