I800 Approved!!

I couldn't take it any longer, so I broke down and called the USCIS office to check on our case status ... they said our I800 was approved yesterday!! This means our approval will now be sent to the National Visa Center (NVC) and then be cabled to the US embassy in Guangzhou, China.

Next week I can start calling the NVC to see if we've been cabled yet. As soon as they cable our file, we can request they email us a pdf letter stating our petition has been forwarded to the Embassy. Our agency needs this NVC letter in order to proceed, so this is an important step! All of this should happen in about 12 or so days.

After we have our NVC letter, our agency forwards is to their in-China rep. Our in-China rep will take the NVC letter to the US Embassy in Guangzhou along with our LOA and Isaiah's visa application. About two weeks later our rep will go back and pick up our Article 5 letter (which basically says everything is in order for us to adopt Isaiah).

Once our Article 5 is picked up from the consulate, it will be delivered directly to the CCCWA for Travel Approval!! The current average from Article 5 to TA is about 17 days.

We're looking at about 47 days until our TA ... however, the Chinese New Year will factor in to that as things will be closed for about a week in China at the end of this month.

Once our TA arrives, we could leave in 1-2 weeks, depending on when our agency can get our Consulate Appointment! So, we should be looking to board that plane early to mid-March! No wonder we are feeling this urgency to get things ready ... March will be here SO fast!

The list making has already started and the shopping is soon to follow!