While I wait on my USCIS approval, I am working on the dossier. The dossier is the collection of documents that will go to China. The CCCWA will review the dossier and hopefully issue our official approval. The dossier includes the homestudy, application letter, birth certificate, divorce decree, medical form, police clearance, certificate of financial status, unmarried letter, and employment letter. All of these documents have to be notarized correctly (which is way harder than you'd ever think), county certified, certified at the Secretary of States office, and then finally authenticated at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas. Essentially, this means alot of stress and worry (and a huge FedEx bill!) and an enormous sense of relief when the documents are finally returned to you with the last stamp of approval!
In addition to these nine documents, the dossier also includes what is called the Prospective Adoptive Parents Form, a copy of my passport, various photographs showing our family and our home, a guardianship letter, and three more letters of reference (thanks to Holly, DeeAnna, and Miss Taylor!)
And the best news of all is that we are almost done! Just waiting on the approval letter from USCIS and then we will be almost ready to send everything to China!!!
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