I feel as if I have been running nonstop this week. It has been "all adoption--all the time" but in a good way. Tuesday afternoon I received a call with some exciting news...
The CCAA has once again reconsidered their stance on the Xingfu program rules. Those of us who can be "dossier to China (DTC)" within the next three months can submit our letter of intent and medical checklist NOW instead of waiting. Guess who happens to be one of those agency families? Nancy, one of our agency directors, delivered the good news and then spouted off a list of information they needed from us PRONTO. Nancy and Pam (the other director) are leaving for China next week and need all of this in hand. The good news left me scrambling Tuesday night and Wednesday to get all of the information together including an impromptu photo session for a new family photo (thanks CM). Considering I always work better under pressure, I pulled it off submitting everything at 11:58 pm on Wednesday night (with two minutes to spare).
Thursday was dossier day: making 400+ copies, collating, filling out forms, driving like a mad woman to the bank for two cashier's checks before school pick up, two visits to FedEx (see yesterday's post) and a trip to Chick-fil-A because I had nothing to feed my family for dinner. I decided to send our dossier documents to Washington DC myself instead of hire a courier. It saved us about $200.00. Since I have plenty of time while we are waiting for our I-800A approval I might as well figure it out on my own time. It was tedious but now that it's in the mail I'm glad I did it myself.
This just in...
| Reference: | Home to DOS |
| Ship (P/U) date: | Nov 6, 2008 |
| Delivery date: | Nov 7, 2008 9:30 AM |
| Sign for by: | A.TSEHAY |
| Delivered to: | Mailroom |
| Service type: | FedEx Standard Overnight |
| Packaging type: | FedEx Envelope |
| Number of pieces: | 1 |
| Weight: | 3.00 lb. |
| Special handling/Services: | Deliver Weekday |
Hooray! Our package made it to DC with six hours to spare.
4 comments:
WHEW!!! I know that is a huge load off your mind.
I've been reading your blog for about a week now, after finding it through the Xingfu program! We're the Mundis family, and are waiting for our LOSC for our daughter, Maia, from Wuxi! I totally understand the crazy paperchase and am so glad that you were able to get everything finished with a little time to spare:)
YAY!! at least it made it!!! =)
so is your dossier with the consulate? i'm a little confused. are you sending your i800 seperately then. i'm also confused on all of the new Xing fu program rules. I guess I'm just a confused person;)
by the way, Heather who commented above is a good friend of mine in real life;)
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