This has been SO confusing! Gak! This is the third time all the home study material has had to be updated. The first time, all instructions were very clearly laid out. If you can follow instructions, you can do it. It just takes patience, and some list-making skills. The second time was also fairly easy....same as first time, and free to boot. This third time, however, has been kind of a deal. The same updates are required (police reports, child abuse and neglect clearance, fingerprints, financial statement, etc.) and I think I've got that down, at least I should have by now! What's happened this time, though, is that I got thoroughly confused about the payment that was due, and what was required with USCIS (Immigration, Homeland Security) to update our I171-H form. This is the Notice of Approval, that we receive after filing the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, Form I-600A.
Luckily, while visiting our social worker at CHI yesterday, I asked "when do I pay the big chunk?" meaning the $830 to update the I171-H. She said, "Oh! You should have sent that in last week when you wrote to USCIS asking for a new fingerprint appointment!" Awesome. I did not do that. Also luckily, I still have 4 whole working days to figure this out! Gak! Our I171-H form expires June 7. I did not start this process soon enough. Note to self if I have to do this again.
I rewrote the letter, stating basically, that I was a dumb ass and didn't include the appropriate fees with the previous letter. The payment is what saves us a space in line, so to speak, with USCIS while they are awaiting our updated home study from CHI, which they can't receive until we get our fingerprints taken again. So, I have to overnight this on Tuesday, since it's a holiday weekend.
What I don't understand, still, is if I have to fill out another I600-A form. So I have to call CHI Tuesday before I can do all the above to clarify. Gak Gak Gak.
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