Certification By Idaho Secretary of State Complete

Hooray!  We got our certified papers back from Boise today around 4:30 P.M..  We went to Office Max and made copies of certificates.  I ran over to the UPS terminal to see if I could get them on their way to the Assistant Stork Courier Service in Washington D.C..  I made it in time!  If we get the letter to them by 5:30 P.M., they will go out that night.  Our papers are on their way!

Offcial Copy of I-797 Received

Received the official I-797 from USCIS today (approval of our I-800A application).  Emailed Debbie in the Idaho Secretary of States Office this afternoon.  She received our 13 documents to certify around lunchtime today.  She said she has completed the certification and they should go out in the mail on Monday.  Wish it was today, but we are one step closer to having our Dossier to China!.  We have the paperwork ready for shipment to the Department of State and the Chinese Embassy.

Papers to Secretary of Idaho for Certification

Received an email from CCAI that they received a copy of our I-797.  We've been checking our mail daily and haven't received one yet.  Emailed CCAI back and had them send up a copy so we could get it notarized and send our documents to Boise for Certification.  They sent us a copy and we got Trish to notarize this afternoon!  Sent our 13 documents to Boise at 4:00 today.  Should be delivered Friday AM.  Emailed Debbie at the Secretary of States Office in Boise and found out they will be open Friday!  Hopefully, we'll get them mailed back Friday and receive them on Monday - then off to D.C. for Authentication by the Department of State and the Chinese Embassy.

I-800A Approval!

Emailed USCIS last night requesting an update on our I-800A application.  Received an email back from them this morning.  Surprise - we had an officer and our application was approved on 11/18/11!  Emailed the officer back and thanked her for her work.  She replied back and sounded a bit surprised that we would thank her.  Apparently, they don't get much "positive" feedback.  She told us she would be our officer when we submit our I-800 when we are matched with Maddison.  Hopefully, that will go a little quicker!!!

Waiting on USCIS!

Here it is 11/10/11 - still no approval from USCIS!  We are now on day 64 of our wait.  Email USCIS and still haven't been assigned an officer.  Checked the internet and people are saying its taking around 70 days to get approval.  Hopefully, we are getting close!