It has been a frustrating last 2+ weeks as I have sat on hold, been transferred, disconnected, and put in voice mail many, many times. Why? Our receipt for our I-797C, which is for our I-600 approval had my name spelled wrong on it. The I-600 form is a part of the international adoption process for non-Hague Convention Countries. It classifies an orphan that has been or will be adopted by a U.S. citizen as an immediate relative to that citizen. The I-600 allows the child to enter the United States.
On the form, Dona should be Dana. Seems like a simple mistake, but ANY mistake means delays! I was connected with the officer in charge of our paperwork who said our paperwork needed to be sent back. I found out today that she was out of the office all of last week. She has been spending this week catching up on phone calls and doing very little paperwork (her words). She stated that she had a hard time finding our file because she forgot to write our name on the outside of the file. Thankfully I called and it prompted her to look for the file so she could answer my question. If not, who knows how long it would have sat on the bottom of the pile on her desk.
We are getting closer to Alex. It is getting harder to not be with him. I long to hold a child that I do not know, but know that God has created to be in our family. I know that my child is not aware of the major changes that he will have, his life has already had more changes than any child should ever have to experience.
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