Dossier - Mailed!

It is done. We received our USCIS approval on Tuesday, February 22nd. That is just two weeks since our fingerprints were taken. That turnaround time is CRAZY!!! I realized on Wednesday, that is wasn't crazy - it was just God letting us know he is in the details. I received an email from my case worker at our agency to say congratulations on getting the approval, but also reminding me that our 6 month period to complete our dossier was up in ONE week. Oh.My.Goodness!!! At this point we were still waiting on our tax refund in order to mail the dossier with the next round of funds. So the remainder of that week, things jumped in overdrive. You see, if we didn't get our dossier to the agency in that six month timeframe, we could be facing termination or additional fees.

Then, on Friday morning, David called me on my way to work to let me know our tax refund had been deposited into our account, so we were good to go!! Another confirmation that He has it ALL under control.

So, Saturday morning we made our way to the UPS store to mail our dossier with an arrival date of Monday, February 28th. To say it was a huge weigh lifted would be a drastic understatement. I could not contain my emotions. I started crying as soon as we walked out of the door and headed to the car. I prayed so hard over those documents. One more step...DONE.

USCIS Fingerprinting

We received our USCIS appointment card in the mail at the end of January and today we went to get our fingerprints made. There were only a couple of people in front of us, so it didn't take long at all. The people were extremely nice and said there had already been two couples in that morning that were adopting also.

Now, we wait some more. We have no idea how long it will take to get our letter of clearance. Once we receive that letter, we can mail off our dossier and THEN we will officially be on the waitlist. Once we are on the waitlist...you guessed it...we wait some more :).

Here's to a fast turnaround...