This morning I was running with my sweet sister in law and telling her how I hope that our papers come in this week, and within 30 minutes I got a phone call from area code 202... The State Department!!!! Oh, no big deal, it was just some awesome guy saying that he'd received my final documents needed to fix my birth certificate, and he'd get it done TODAY!!! Praise the LORD!!!
Sooo naturally, I immediately go rifling through my filing box and find the phone number for USCIS, because immigration approval is the only thing standing in our way now. I hesitate. It hasn't quite been the full 8 weeks they tell you to wait before calling to check on your status, and I don't want to be a bother. But I swiftly get over it and call, 'cause I really want to know where we are.
My call's answered by the sweetest woman, in the best mood ever. She's surprised that we've been waiting so long for approval (phew, she's not annoyed with me!), and asks if we've sent in our home study. I tell her that yes, it was sent in by our agency on April 7th, overnighted. Hmm, she says, that's funny, it seems it hasn't been assigned to an officer yet, weird. Long story short, we called our agency, tracked down who signed for the home study, and my faithful new friend at USCIS is going to get our file together and get it processed for us. She said she'll call me tomorrow with a tentative time frame!!! Yay, we're almost there!!!
Also, if you haven't seen the movie Babies yet, you totally should, it was so fun!!! We were laughing so hard we cried, multiple times. I only cried in sadness and longing for my baby once, so it's pretty safe :)
Sooo naturally, I immediately go rifling through my filing box and find the phone number for USCIS, because immigration approval is the only thing standing in our way now. I hesitate. It hasn't quite been the full 8 weeks they tell you to wait before calling to check on your status, and I don't want to be a bother. But I swiftly get over it and call, 'cause I really want to know where we are.
My call's answered by the sweetest woman, in the best mood ever. She's surprised that we've been waiting so long for approval (phew, she's not annoyed with me!), and asks if we've sent in our home study. I tell her that yes, it was sent in by our agency on April 7th, overnighted. Hmm, she says, that's funny, it seems it hasn't been assigned to an officer yet, weird. Long story short, we called our agency, tracked down who signed for the home study, and my faithful new friend at USCIS is going to get our file together and get it processed for us. She said she'll call me tomorrow with a tentative time frame!!! Yay, we're almost there!!!
Also, if you haven't seen the movie Babies yet, you totally should, it was so fun!!! We were laughing so hard we cried, multiple times. I only cried in sadness and longing for my baby once, so it's pretty safe :)
2 comments:
Hooray! You're almost there!!! It's weird to be on the wait list... I feel so odd not having any paperwork to keep track of!!
Man, you are really moving along!! How fun! Way to go on being brave and calling those people... talking on the phone is one of my least favorite things to do. Esp to intimidating people!
I can't wait to see that movie... now to only get a baby sitter.
- Pabs
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