Again, we have good news! This seems to be a growing trend and we're loving every moment of it. On Monday, we received our I-800 approval! This means that the US government says we're qualified and have gotten the 'ok' to bring Elsie into the United States as our daughter. No RFE's- praise the Lord!! We've had our share of RFE's (requests for clarifications of information). So now, the hard copy of the letter is in the mail heading our way. And, because I found out about our I-800 approval on Monday, our agency was able to send our final paperwork to China yesterday (Tuesday) before they closed for Christmas. So, what's next? Our immigration approval will get passed along to the next agencies then we'll be able to fill out one more form. Once all that is complete, we'll have what is called our 'Article 5' packet drop off. Two weeks later, they'll pick up our Article 5. Then.... we wait for travel approval. Yikes! This is going fast!! Once we submit our Article 5 packet, which could possibly happen next week- I think I'd say we've made it to 3rd base so to speak. The next steps are what we would consider pretty predictable regarding time frames so my guess is that we'll travel about the last week of February or the first week of March.
We've been super busy keeping track of all these constant paperwork steps, Christmas prep, wrapping up the semester at school and getting Elsie's room ready for her :) It's pretty sweet!
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