When calling last week, it was discovered there was a discrepancy with our marriage license. Fortunately, we had a very kind officer assigned to our case and she provided her email address for us to scan a copy of the license. Well, I scanned it yesterday and when calling today to confirm the marriage license was accepted, they said I800A was approved yesterday and mailed out today!!
For those keeping up with time lines: our receipt date was March 19, fingerprints were on April 7 and yesterday, April 21 we received approval!
Once the paper copy is received in the mail, we will send it to Austin for the state seal of approval and from there, on to the China Consulate for authentication!
This was the last document for our dossier! We still need to have Earl's birth certificate certified by the state of Mississippi but that's in the works, now.
I anticipate having the dossier completed and at our agency by end of May, if not sooner!!! Here is our anticipated, guesstimation for our remaining time line:
We can only estimate and guess, as the time frames can change and if there's a China holiday that occurs, it can slow the process, but tonight a friend shared with me that it's approximately 60 days from LID (log-in date) until LOA (Letter of Approval) and approximately 10 weeks to the TA:
May-submit dossier paperwork to agency--agency reviews
June-agency submits dossier to China
August-Letter of Approval received
October-Travel Approval
October/November: Travel!!!
We have sights on October for traveling but if it occurs in November, that's okay too! It will be great to have the boys home by Christmas!!!!! We were joined with Sterling on Monday, November 23, so October/November time frame is perfectly fine!!! (honestly, wish I could board a plane this weekend but since it's not possible, we'll live with October travel)
Ming has a birthday in September, so unfortunately, he'll have one more birthday without us and will be 9 when we bring him home. Eli's birthday is November 23, so we have a good chance of bringing the boys home before Eli's birthday. Either way, the boys will soon be home and from here on out, they will always have a family to share in their birthday celebration! Ming will be 10 years old when he has his first birthday party!!!! What fun that will be!!!! Arabella was 10 when she had her first birthday party.
