Go ahead and yawn and skip to the bold print to get the gist of this post. However I know that some of you wonderful readers have walked this path before and are familiar with this jargon and know the state of bated breath anytime you open the mailbox to find that white envelope with a blue eagle seal in the return address.
We got our fingerprint appointment today. It was set for July 6. Thankfully, we had a conversation last month with our friend Amy Kinnell (also an adoption social worker) who told us that we could request an appointment online with the Louisville USCIS office. So we did. For May 24. We showed up and begrudgingly (after a couple of phone calls by both them and us with the National Benefits Center in MO), with five minutes to spare, they fingerprinted us in spite of not having an 'official appointment'. It really came down to the fact that they didn't know what to do with us since a lot of rules changed in April removing responsibility and authority from the local state offices and centralizing it somewhere else.
We saved 5 weeks.
Now, you can join us in praying that our May 24 fingerprints (aka FBI background check) get connected with our I-800 that should hopefully be processed sometime soon! This waiting and state of 'unknown' is getting painful!
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God love you, dear ones!!! It all sounds extremely confusing to me. I am amazed at God's grace in helping you through these days. I shouldn't be surprised, because He is abundantly able and will fulfill His promises!!! I saw recently that the owners of the Empire State Building are going to honor Mother Teresa by choosing a day and night to light their entire building in blue and white lights. YEAH!!!
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