Home Study finalized and I-800a mailed

As of July 21, 2011, our home study is final. It definitely took
longer than I thought it would to have the home study completed. I am just
trying to be patient but it is hard. On Tuesday, July 26th I mailed the I-800a
to Texas and am now waiting for them to let me know they have received it. So
this is how the process works. Once they have received the application they
will send us an appointment time and date to have our finger prints done
through the department of Homeland Security. From what I understand they travel through Juneau a few times a year so we could have to wait a couple of months until they are in town. Let’s hope that is not the case. Anyway once the
fingerprints have been completed then the USCIS will process our application and
send us the approval. This process down south, where they are not concerned
with the travelling finger printers, can take a couple of months, so fingers
crossed that our timing is good.
We did get the exciting news on Wednesday, the 27th that Holt is
now actively looking for a match for us. I thought that Holt did not start this
process until our dossier was in China but that is not the case. I guess there
are some children that they can match from the Child of Promise Program before
the dossier but others that they cannot. They also give priority to families
that have their dossiers in. In other words Holt may start looking for us but
may not be able to match us until the dossier has reached China. I am hoping
that we will have our dossier ready by October.
Dayna

The Journey to China

This family blog has been setup to share our journey to China with our friends and family. For those of you we have not told yet, Fred and I are adopting a 4 to 6 year old daughter from the Peoples Republic of China. We made this decision with the help of Zane and Quade in February 2011 and hope at the latest to bring our daughter home in June of 2012. At this point we are almost finished with our home study, just waiting on one last clearance from Texas. The next step is the I-800a, then the certification and authentication of our documents for the dossier that will be sent to China. I will keep you informed as the milestones are met and explain as we go.
Dayna
First posted on July 16, 2011.