First things first: Adoption update. Last I posted, I was joyfully reporting that DH and I had identified a child that would like to proceed with adopting. Since then, we have received a request from the overseas partner agency to explain why we wanted to adopt this child (and fulfilled their request), gotten our biometrics fingerprints done, received our USCIS approval ONE WEEK after getting the fingerprints done, scrambled to assemble the dossier and line up a final reference letter, and sent our dossier to our agency. Our dossier was shipped to Hong Kong on May 31st!
It is just short of a miracle that our USCIS approval came as quickly as it did. The timeframe we were given was five to eight weeks between fingerprints and approval. I never dared dream the government would be so efficient! I am still is joyful shock about that. Praise God!
Now, we wait. We need to be approved by the Hong Kong government to adopt a child, and to be approved by the overseas agency to adopt this specific child. At that point we will be officially matched with this child. We've been told that will take two to four months from the dossier submission. Then we will wait for a court order and travel dates, which will likely take place either late winter or early spring. I am praying that we will travel in early March at the latest. "Our" child turns two around that time and I would love for him to celebrate his birthday with his mom and dad :), plus we will save ourselves the fees and hassle of updating our homestudy.
Finally, my random thought: You know you're a pre-adoptive parent if the first thing you grab to take to the basement during a tornado warning is the expandable file with copies of your homestudy and dossier. ;)
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