Finally some news!

We finally got some good news. Our agency got a hold of someone at DCFS, and they gave a clearance date for Jason. So now our social worker can finish up our home study, send it off to the agency for approval, and then it's on to USCIS. Next we'll be waiting for our I-171. This process will takes around 12 weeks, could be shorter, could be longer. Of course, we're praying for much shorter. The waiting continues before we start the "real" waiting once we're on the list. It's crazy how long this phase is taking.

Still no news

We are still waiting for Jason's clearance from DCFS. Our agency still has not received the clearance and talked to DCFS who claim to not have anything in their system. His fingerprints were done on August 20th, so we don't know why we haven't heard anything yet. We may have to have Jason get his fingerprints redone again. Things were moving so well until this...I know it's all happening for a reason, but it's frustrating nonetheless.

Almost done with Home Study

Our social worker let us know that they've received all of our reference letters and I've been approved by DCFS. Now we're just waiting on Jason's clearance, and our home study will be ready to send to CHI!

Fingerprints

Jason got a letter from DCFS saying that he needs his fingerprints redone. Our social worker told us that's a good sign that they are working on our case right now. So Jason will have to go get his redone. Hopefully it won't take too much longer to give their approval. In Illinois you have to be foster-care licensed to adopt, so that's what we are waiting on right now with DCFS.

My Passport is Here!

We paid the extra money to get my passport expedited, and it paid off! We mailed in on July 10, so it took just over a week. We didn't want to be waiting on it since passport processing is taking so long right now. One more thing checked off! (Jason didn't have to renew his passport. It's good for another year, I think, so we will need to do that eventually).

I-600a Filed

We received a letter from USCIS saying that our filing date was July 18. We'll go get our fingerprints done in Indianapolis on August 8. This will be our 3rd and final set of fingerprints we need done for the home study.

2nd Home Study Visit

We were able to give Delyn (our social worker) a lot of papers at our second meeting tonight! We have a lot checked off our to-do list, which is a great feeling! The meeting went really well. This time we talked a lot about our family history and our marriage. Spending so much time talking about the adoption and doing paperwork makes me so anxious to have our daughter home!