Paperwork is on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just checked my fedex account and the tracking shows ALL of our paperwork from SF is in transit. I should have it by tomorrow afternoon and bring the dossier to LNI Monday. We will soon be done with our part and the real waiting begins.

Last bit of paperwork is in San Fransico

FINALLY! After much drama with the notarized passports and getting to the point of wanting to drive to Austin to pick up the documents. Using Fedex tracking, the last package was delivered to the Vietnam Consulate this morning. I am hoping to have it back by early next week and bring our dossier to the agency. Everything is done and just waiting for the paperwork to come back.

BIG NEWS TODAY

We received our approval from immigration today (I171H)!!!!!!!!!!!! This is huge. I will get it notarized tomorrow and off to Austin tomorrow afternoon. So in theory we could have our dossier turned in for translation by mid-October. That is what I am shooting for.

Wow that was fast!

I did not post this but a week ago Monday I sent about 3/4 of our paperwork to the Vietnamese consulate in San Francisco for authentication. We received it back today.:) So I am now waiting on our form from USCIS (immigration)to send the few remaining documents to Austin and then to SF. We are hoping to submit our dossier in early November. Wish us luck with that b/c our six months for the paperwork is up mid-November.

Fingerprints - check

Today Mitch and I went to INS for our FBI fingerprints. :)

FBI Fingerprints

We received the FBI Fingerprint appointment today in the mail :). Also received paperwork back from Austin yesterday. Can't complain much b/c things are moving forward.

Things are slow but moving

I am sending all of the paperwork I have ready to Austin on Monday. There the paperwork will be verified/authenticated by the Sec of State. I still have to send our passport information and them immigration information when it comes back. Still no appointment for the FBI fingerprinting. Hoping it is done this month b/c don't want to take off of work my first month there. I do plan on painting the baby's room this week. Part of the dossier is to include pictures of the nursery. I won't have it all together but at least it can be painted.