Fingerprints and a Home Study

We're over two more hurdles! Yesterday, we drove up to Atlanta and had our fingerprints taken for Immigration. We ran into a couple we met at our agency orientation, who were there for the same reason. Everything went smoothly and we treated ourselves to lunch at the S&S.

This afternoon, our social worker came for our home visit. She was here for a couple hours. It was all very relaxed.

We now wait for her to write everything up. She'll be doing two versions. A "long version" which goes to Immigration, and a "short version" that will become part of our dossier. Once CCAI approves it, the "long version" will be sent to USCIS, and we'll start the wait for our I-171H, which gives us pre-approval to bring an internationally adopted child into the US.

After we received it, we'll have to have all documents state certified and then authenticated by the Chinese Consulate in Houston.

Once all that has been done, they'll be off to CCAI, where Katie will review the documents and provide a translation. Then off our dossier will go to China. We'll be DTC!!