After two phones calls with our agency, an email to our social worker, and an email to USCIS in Chicago, everything is back on track. We are not making any changes and USCIS confirmed that they will continue processing our 171H based on our current home study, so we will be approved for an infant 0-12 months of age. This doesn't necessarily mean that we won't need to make a change in the future though. If we are referred a young infant (at this point an infant 6 months or younger), we don't need to do anything. Over 6 months old, we'll probably need to make changes to our home study and USCIS approval. However, this means we won't have any more delays in getting our dossier submitted. Now we are back to just waiting on our 171H and as soon as it arrives, everything can be sent to our agency and will soon after be on its way to Ethiopia and we'll be officially on the wait list for a baby girl.
I'm sure everyone could hear my huge sigh of relief when I got the email from USCIS this afternoon!!!!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Whew! What a huge relief!!! So happy that you are back on track.
Great news! Glad things are going your way again!
That's great news!!
Crossing fingers and toes you have your referral and court date before court closure!! Embassy dates continue in August, September & October, because it's the US embassy.
I am behind the times and didn't realize you were off track but am thrilled that you are on track again. BTW, I am pretty sure our homestudy said we were approved for a child up to two years old. Maria was 26 months when we had our Embassy appointment, and it wasn't a big deal. So I don't know if they are a stickler for that anyway or not. But either way, glad it all worked out!
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