February referrals are out! They made it all the way to August 21st. Not exactly as far as everyone thought, but still moving right along. Nine days left to get to us. Nine days!! I can hardly believe it!
We need to think positively that we will get our referral in March!! If we get our referral next month we will most like travel in about six weeks. If we are missed next month and get our referral in April, the whole game changes and we will have to wait several months to travel. We all need to think March!!
The reason for the change in time frame is due to the Hague Treaty and the changes that it brought about for immigration. When we started the process we filed under Form I600 and have been renewing that each year. Immigration has stated that when our current I600 expires we cannot renew and must file the new form. With the Hague Treaty you have to file under from I800 now. That process takes a lot longer than the I600 did.
WE MUST ALL THINK MARCH FOR REFERRAL!!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Pre-Referral Phone Call
We had our pre-referral phone call today! I know it is only the “Pre-Referral Call”, but it is one step closer! We found out how we will first learn about Tia, what we can expect to learn about her, how soon we can expect to travel once we receive our referral and what we need to know about traveling to China. The only bummer to the call was once our agency receives our referral they will call us right away with her name, date of birth and what province she comes from. Then we have to wait like a week to actually see her picture!! MAJOR BUMMER! The file needs to be translated from Chinese to English and it takes about five days. I hope I don’t go completely bonkers while waiting to her face.
Referrals should be out next week so we will see how much closer we are! Maybe we will be in; you never know!
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