Got our letter yesterday informing us that Jed's visa information has been sent to the consulate in Guangzhou. Our agency will send some more paperwork, along with a copy of that letter, to Guangzhou, and then they will start working on his visa.
Once his visa is almost ready, they will issue an Article 5. That piece of paper will be sent to the CCAA and will start the process for travel approval. We should hear about our Article 5 in about 3 weeks.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
I-800 APPROVED!
Provisionally. Apparently it doesn't get fully finalized until after we pick up Jed, and they still reserve the right to deny it, if you read the small print. But we've never heard of that happening. We were approved last Wednesday and got the notification letter in the mail yesterday.
Next step: USCIS has sent our I-800 to the National Visa Center, where they will begin processing paperwork for Jed's visa. They will send an official electronic communication to the US Consulate in Guangzhou so that they can open a file for him there. Recently the Consulate has begun requiring a copy of the notification letter that the NVC sends the family just to tell them something has been done on their behalf. This is DESPITE the fact that they already hold the official communication, and since the NVC letter is worthless in all other instances its arrival can be 4 days - 2 weeks after the official communication, slowing down the process AGAIN. Why did the Consulate add this ridiculous requirement? The adoptive parent community has been speculating for months (because the Consulate didn't offer any information with the abrupt change in policy). No one has ANY idea. Our government at work, people.
We should have an update on the NVC step in 2-3 weeks.
Next step: USCIS has sent our I-800 to the National Visa Center, where they will begin processing paperwork for Jed's visa. They will send an official electronic communication to the US Consulate in Guangzhou so that they can open a file for him there. Recently the Consulate has begun requiring a copy of the notification letter that the NVC sends the family just to tell them something has been done on their behalf. This is DESPITE the fact that they already hold the official communication, and since the NVC letter is worthless in all other instances its arrival can be 4 days - 2 weeks after the official communication, slowing down the process AGAIN. Why did the Consulate add this ridiculous requirement? The adoptive parent community has been speculating for months (because the Consulate didn't offer any information with the abrupt change in policy). No one has ANY idea. Our government at work, people.
We should have an update on the NVC step in 2-3 weeks.
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