... what the immigration process is like when we actually bring our boys into the United States. The mom wrote an interesting recap of their process in a post entitled "On Coming to America."
Our experience wasn't so long, thankfully, we landed in Chicago. Though we did have the sealed envelope and when we went into the room that the author of the other blog called "The Hole" we were the only ones in it. That agent was the only friendly one, however she also made a mistake that cost us lots and lots of trouble down the road. She opened the envelope and said there was an extra passport photo of Drew, would I like to have it. Of course I did. Then months later when we had problems getting his green card and so forth, we went to the immigration office in Indy and they said there was a problem with his paperwork, one of the passport photos was missing. After about 2 years we finally got his paperwork straightened out. So the moral of the story is DO NOT let them give you anything from that envelope! I am sure your experience will be fine. You will have your boys in your arms, nothing else will matter. Love ya!
This blog was created to chronicle our family's journey to adopt our fourth child, a little boy from Haiti. Long before knowing him, we chose his name: Ian, meaning "God is gracious." Along the way our journey grew to include not only one, but two little boys from Haiti!
Ian and Alec finally arrived home on January 19, 2010.
Adoption Timeline (From Most Recent)
1/27/10 - Home to Chile
1/22/10 - Passports (US)
1/19/10 - Evacuated to US
1/12/10 - Haiti Earthquake
1/8/10 - INS Approval - visa appt scheduled for 2/19
11/23/09 - Enter INS/USCIS
11/18/09 - Passports (Haiti)
11/09 - Exit MOI
9/22/09 - (or so) Enter MOI
9/09 - Exit 2nd Legal
8/09 - Enter 2nd Legal
8/28/09 - Exit Parquet
8/8/09 - Enter Parquet
8/7/09 - Exit IBESR
3/4/09 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Ian)
10/16/08 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Alec)
9/24/08 - Submitted I-600 & Orphan First in Haiti
7/1/08 - (or so) Entered IBESR
6/4/08 - I-171H approval
5/25/08 - (or so) Entered first legal
5/13/08 - Dossier received in Haiti
4/11/08 - Committed to our boys (Ian & Alec)
4/1/08 - Filed I-600A
2/14/08 - Received referral of twins (referral lost early April)
1/11/08 - Applied to Haiti agency, began dossier preparation
1/10/08 - First conversation with Shiloh's Haiti Adoption Coordinator
1 comment:
Our experience wasn't so long, thankfully, we landed in Chicago. Though we did have the sealed envelope and when we went into the room that the author of the other blog called "The Hole" we were the only ones in it. That agent was the only friendly one, however she also made a mistake that cost us lots and lots of trouble down the road. She opened the envelope and said there was an extra passport photo of Drew, would I like to have it. Of course I did. Then months later when we had problems getting his green card and so forth, we went to the immigration office in Indy and they said there was a problem with his paperwork, one of the passport photos was missing. After about 2 years we finally got his paperwork straightened out. So the moral of the story is DO NOT let them give you anything from that envelope!
I am sure your experience will be fine. You will have your boys in your arms, nothing else will matter.
Love ya!
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