2 Big Steps

Today I received my TX State certifications back. I'm glad I sent them early, because one of the docs was returned without a seal due to a problem with the notary seal. It was Billy's employment verification letter so I contacted our CPA and he's re-writing/re-notarizing the letter for me. Whew! At least we caught that early on and not in a last minute situation.

Tomorrow...... WE HAVE OUR FIRST HOMESTUDY VISIT!!!! Woohoo!!!! This first visit will count as 2 because she is doing our individual interviews. One prayer request - Billy is currently out of town and is supposed to fly into San Antonio at 12pm tomorrow. Our homestudy begins at 2pm. I'm going to do my interview first so that gives Billy a little extra time to get settled in - but I'm just praying that his flight won't have any delays!!!

Once this homestudy visit is done we'll know when our next 2 visits will be, then the social worker will have to write up the homestudy report. And then we send the report to USCIS so they can finish processing our info. The next step will be fingerprinting and waiting on the 171 to come in the mail. At that point we have the last few docs State certified then we make copies of everything and send it on to AWAA. They will have them authenticated by the USSD and then the paperwork will go on to the Ethiopian Embassy. Once it's been to all these places it will be approved by our agency and mailed to Ethiopia.

There's really no telling how long this last part of paperwork will take. It's really not dependent so much on me any more. It will depend on how fast other people do their work to complete it. That's no fun! Boo!!! But that's the way it goes. I have to give up control now ....sob...sigh...