I-600A in the Mail!

Well, I think this may be our last piece of adoption paperwork...for awhile at least! The I-600A form and fees were mailed to Texas today, and should arrive there tomorrow morning!


Here it is...ready to go to Texas!

So, what in the world is an I-600 A form?


Well, it's basically an application for the approval of our adoption from the USCIS. And what is the USCIS?


It is the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is within the Department of Homeland Security. The approval from U.S. CIS gives permission for Caroline Faith to enter the United States! So this is a very important piece of paperwork!

Once the USCIS receives and processes our form, we will be issued an appointment to be fingerprinted. Finally, when our file is complete and our fingerprints cleared, we should receive our FDL (Favorable Determination Letter) in the mail! Then we will "officially" be able to bring Carline Faith home! Yay!!

This process can take several months, so we are very fortunate that our agency, AGCI, allows us to go ahead and get on the waiting list before completing this step! I think we'll have plenty of time to get all this completed!

Also, I was so excited to receive a message from our new AGCI case manager, Miss K! She seems so sweet! I missed her call because I was taking Caty to ballet.


Little Miss Priss was back in action today! Yay! She told me after I took this picture, "Mommy, I like putting my hands on my hips!" :)

I love seeing her spunky little personality back! Yes, I know she is dressed like it's the middle of the summer. But honestly, that is what it feels like around here!