I just wanted to say a big "thank you" to Amanda for hosting a thirty-one fundraiser for us. Thanks to her (and the generous people who purchased from her for our fundraiser), we are $58 closer to our goal!! YEAH! I updated the ticker, and we are getting closer!
We do have a small update on the adoption as well. The i-800a information came back saying that my fingerprints didn't go through (because they stink and they can never get a good copy), so I have to, instead, send in a letter stating I have no criminal background. I already had a letter written, but that one went to India, so I go tomorrow to get a new letter. Once that is done, we will hopefully hear back on our i-800a. Once the i-800a is approved, we can be processed/approved in India. Our paperwork is already in India, but for now, it sits waiting for our i-800a approval. So, another un-update, but an update none-the-less.
Thanks for following our journey and for walking it with us!
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, December 16, 2011
Sigh.
It's always something!
A few days ago I got a document in the mail from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services department. The form basically said that they received my I-800A (an application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country). The weird thing, though, is that it went to my parent's address. Huh. I figured it was an error on their part and assumed they just accidentally sent it to my previous, instead of current, address.
I called Jessica, our adoption coordinator through WACAP and told her about the error. She gave me an e-mail address to e-mail the correction to. Today, after a very long day, I heard back from her. They said that I had written that address on my application as my address. Ooops. I have lived at my parent's house most of my life (my dad built it when I was 3 and I lived there until I got married), and we did live there after we sold our old house before we moved into this one, so I'm not really surprised that I messed up, but obviously that was a dumb mistake. They say it's "very unusual" for an application to come in with a completely wrong address and told Jessica that basically they are worried we are being dishonest about where we live. WHAT?!?!!?? Why in the world would we do that? So now they have to wait to hear back from Oasis, who did our homestudy, to confirm that we do in fact live where we say we do (we do ;)) before they will update our address and continue with the application.
I really hope this mistake doesn't further delay our already delayed paperwork. It just always seems to be something with us, and this isn't the first time something "very unusual" has popped up. I guess we are just really special like that!!
Please keep praying for our Ramya, and that we get her home quickly. Thanks!
A few days ago I got a document in the mail from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services department. The form basically said that they received my I-800A (an application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country). The weird thing, though, is that it went to my parent's address. Huh. I figured it was an error on their part and assumed they just accidentally sent it to my previous, instead of current, address.
I called Jessica, our adoption coordinator through WACAP and told her about the error. She gave me an e-mail address to e-mail the correction to. Today, after a very long day, I heard back from her. They said that I had written that address on my application as my address. Ooops. I have lived at my parent's house most of my life (my dad built it when I was 3 and I lived there until I got married), and we did live there after we sold our old house before we moved into this one, so I'm not really surprised that I messed up, but obviously that was a dumb mistake. They say it's "very unusual" for an application to come in with a completely wrong address and told Jessica that basically they are worried we are being dishonest about where we live. WHAT?!?!!?? Why in the world would we do that? So now they have to wait to hear back from Oasis, who did our homestudy, to confirm that we do in fact live where we say we do (we do ;)) before they will update our address and continue with the application.
I really hope this mistake doesn't further delay our already delayed paperwork. It just always seems to be something with us, and this isn't the first time something "very unusual" has popped up. I guess we are just really special like that!!
Please keep praying for our Ramya, and that we get her home quickly. Thanks!
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