After US Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) approved our I600A application, the "application for advance processing of an orphan petition," (for $670), and we had our fingerprints taken and approved by USCIS, ($80 each), we received our I171H form from USCIS that says we are approved to get a Visa for our child. These are very important steps in the adoption process and were the final pieces that allowed us to submit our dossier to China.
The I171H form expires after 18 months, in our case, in December of 2008. We get one free extension that lasts for one year. If we are not home with our child by December of 2009, we have to submit and pay for the I600A all over again.
Fingerprints expire in 15 months, in our case, in August of 2008. We will most definitely have to go through this process and pay all over again. Insane.
It would be very easy to get discouraged by all this, but in the end, that would just make us miserable. We knew the process was lengthy and we jumped in anyway. The more into it we get, the more we learn just how bizarre it can be. Nothing to do about it but abide by the rules and wait. :)
2 comments:
ye Gods.
I'm going to forget all the things I thought were going to be neat things to do as an uncle before my niece gets here.
Does Washington think your finger prints will change?
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