i600a Submitted

We mailed our i600a (orphan petition) today to the USCIS (US Immigration). We decided to send it ahead without our home study so that we can get our fingerprinting appointment earlier. This way the home study will be going on at the same time as the i600a. This will save us at least one month of waiting time. Hopefully, they will process it quickly and notify us soon of our fingerprinting appointment. We will have to go to Philadelphia, PA to have our fingerprints done. I've never been there before so that will be something different.

Once our home study is sent to USCIS to accompany our i600a, we will start getting our documents ready for our dossier to be sent to the SDA. I actually have them filled out now, but need to wait to have them notarized. We have our medical physicals scheduled for February 7th.

I guess that's about it for now. We are just waiting for Feb. 2nd for our next home study visit and to hear something back from USCIS about our fingerprinting appointment. I've been told that it usually takes about 4 weeks to be notified.

We are really anxious to get everything going because Nadia is scheduled for transfer in July. We are really praying that we will get to her before she is transferred. We will still be able to adopt her if she is transferred, but it would be best if she never has to step a foot in an institution!

Ultimately, it's all in God's hands and on His time table and He knows what is best. But please keep the girls and us in your prayers. Pray for God's intervention and a quick and smooth adoption process.

Thanks so much!

Love,

Kristy