Hi everyone,
I just wanted to give a report that nothing big has happened. We did get our visas back from the Vietnamese Consulate so that's one more really big thing done on the To Do List that could have delayed travel.
However, we have not received the BIG email from Immigration yet with our travel approval. So please keep praying that it will come soon and for little Haven that she's staying well taken care of, healthy, and loved.
The family immediately ahead of us from the agency did just come home this last weekend with their little guy so we are so happy for them and welcome Logan home. He was born in April. They were gone 2 weeks.
Thanks for praying,
Shae
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
I-600 Acknowledgment Receipt
Well, one more big step down in the rest of this process. Early this morning we received our I-600 Acknowledgment Receipt via email from USCIS (Immigration).
What this means. This is NOT our travel approval. However, this means that Immigration has received our paperwork and now have acknowledged it. We can start counting days from here for travel approval. USCIS/DOS gets 60 business days for average cases which comes to about 3 months. However, if they want to, they can take much longer or much shorter.
The family right ahead of us in the process from our agency just received their travel approval in 2 weeks, but the family before them took 4 months, before them 2 months, before them 3 months. You get the picture.
Please pray:
1) That we get our travel approval sooner rather than later. We'd really like to be home with plenty of time before Christmas...especially considering that the boys are not coming with us.
2) That Haven would stay healthy, loved, and well taken care of.
3) For the same family that received a 2 week travel approval. They leave tommorow for Vietnam to bring home their little boy, Logan. He was born in April.
They will also hopefully get to get new pictures of Haven for us and maybe even a length. We don't have any measurements yet. I'm sending with them for Haven, a small sized afghan that I made and a picture of our family for the orphanage workers.
4) For the Lord's strength to get everything done. Our To Do List is very long. None of it could be done before our referral so now we're scrambling. Things like travel shots, visas, updating our will, getting travel meds and RX, start packing, etc.
We did get the boys' bunkbeds put together and little E has moved in with big E. That was a story in itself. Thank goodness for a neighbor with a drill press. Now the ladder is about 4" too, short. Soooo...who knows? Nothing is ever easy...hmmmm.
Haven's room has been painted. When we get all the decorations up, we'll post a picture.
5) Another big item on the To Do List is renewing our Home Study. We have our Home Visit with our Social Worker tonight. So pray that all goes well. We've already been refingerprinted which required a drive to the state capital.
Thanks again,
Shae
What this means. This is NOT our travel approval. However, this means that Immigration has received our paperwork and now have acknowledged it. We can start counting days from here for travel approval. USCIS/DOS gets 60 business days for average cases which comes to about 3 months. However, if they want to, they can take much longer or much shorter.
The family right ahead of us in the process from our agency just received their travel approval in 2 weeks, but the family before them took 4 months, before them 2 months, before them 3 months. You get the picture.
Please pray:
1) That we get our travel approval sooner rather than later. We'd really like to be home with plenty of time before Christmas...especially considering that the boys are not coming with us.
2) That Haven would stay healthy, loved, and well taken care of.
3) For the same family that received a 2 week travel approval. They leave tommorow for Vietnam to bring home their little boy, Logan. He was born in April.
They will also hopefully get to get new pictures of Haven for us and maybe even a length. We don't have any measurements yet. I'm sending with them for Haven, a small sized afghan that I made and a picture of our family for the orphanage workers.
4) For the Lord's strength to get everything done. Our To Do List is very long. None of it could be done before our referral so now we're scrambling. Things like travel shots, visas, updating our will, getting travel meds and RX, start packing, etc.
We did get the boys' bunkbeds put together and little E has moved in with big E. That was a story in itself. Thank goodness for a neighbor with a drill press. Now the ladder is about 4" too, short. Soooo...who knows? Nothing is ever easy...hmmmm.
Haven's room has been painted. When we get all the decorations up, we'll post a picture.
5) Another big item on the To Do List is renewing our Home Study. We have our Home Visit with our Social Worker tonight. So pray that all goes well. We've already been refingerprinted which required a drive to the state capital.
Thanks again,
Shae
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