I-600A Form - In the Mail!!!

Today we mailed the I-600A form to the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).  The form is mailed to "The Lockbox" (whatever that is) in Dallas, TX.  In case you're wondering what the I-600A form is, I'll give you the clear guidance straight from the USCIS website.  Listed under the "purpose" of the form, it says (and I'm not making this up):

For adjudicating the qualifications of the applicant(s) as prospective adoptive parents

 I don't think they could have been any clearer on the purpose of the form.  The government has it's way of ensuring even a simple thing, such as a form "purpose," is confusing.  In everyday English, the form serves as a pre-approval to adoptive parents to bring an adopted child from a specific foreign country back to the US.  A copy of the home study and, of course, money accompany the I-600A.  Then we will get an appointment to be fingerprinted by the FBI.

Once we get approved by the FBI, they will signal their approval by sending us the form called:

• I-171H - Notice of Favorable Determination Concerning Application for Advance Processing of an Orphan Petition

I don't know what happens after that. I guess I'll have to consult the clear guidance given on the USCIS website.

On other fronts, the septic tank work is done! I don't think they spared a single blade of grass in the backyard. That's OK though, it's done!