HOMESTUDY COMPLETE!!

Our homestudy has officially been completed as of 7/21/09.  We received our copy of the homestudy in the mail over the weekend.  This will be good for two years, which means with the long wait to adopt a child from China it will probably have to be updated at a later date.

The agency has sent a copy of the homestudy along with our I-800a (our petition to adopt a child) to the USCIS for their approval.  Once we get our approved certificate from them we will have to get federally fingerprinted. 

I received all the paperwork and instructions yesterday from Kim (our EAC representative) to begin our dossier (China's paperwork packet).  I've already begun working on it.  So as soon as i can get everything completed on my end and EAC receives confirmation from the USCIS of our approval, then the dossier will be sent to China.  

Our wait period begins once China receives our dossier.  Which according to Kim is still right around the 3 year mark.