Paperwork to China

We received notification today from the USCIS that our paperwork has been sent to China. All we are waiting for now is our authorization from China to travel.

I-800a

We received final approval of I-800a today from USCIS.

The adoption agency will now send this and other paperwork to China.

Paperwork Corrected

I made contact with the USCIS agent today and was able to correct the paperwork issue. I even received and e-mail notification that the I-800 was processed and our authorization was in the mail.

Hopefully we will get that this week and be on our way to the next step.

Paperwork Hiccup

We received notice from the USCIS of a "Request for Evidence" for our I-800 application. They are asking for a few documents we wouldn't have yet like a birth certificate as evidence of Qiu Miao's age.

Phone calls to USCIS has only landed me on voice mail, so we are waiting to hear from the adoption agency.

This is the final paperwork that starts the process for us to get travel dates.

Passports and USCIS

Today Alexander, Stephanie and I received our passports in the mail. I have some video clips of them bouncing around in celebration of their passports. I will put it together and post here soon.

In other news we also go our I-797C from the USCIS yesterday. This is nothing big except confirmation that they received the last of our paperwork in their process. After this, the adoption agency sends other paperwork to China showing our approval and then China will send us permission to travel.

New Fund Raiser!

Here is a new way to support our efforts to raise $5,500 for Qiu Miao's orphanage.
Our new store on Cafe Press has shirts, hats, coffee mugs, water bottles, and much more.
These items feature our personal design and our favorite slogan:
God made us, but adoption made us a family

You can get to them by clicking the CafePress link on the right, or simply click HERE!
No codes to remember, just make sure our store name is on the top - "Franks to China 2012"

Final Paperwork to USCIS

Our final paperwork (on our end at least) is on it's was to USCIS.
Our next step will be wating for our notification that we are ready to travel.
Mean while, we are still working on fund raising.
Thank you to everyone who has helped so far.
I am in the fianl stages of setting up another T-shirt company. It may be up today or tomorrow. They sell T-shirts, hats, bags, coffee mugs, water bottles, and much more. Plus, they will feature our personal designs.