Last night we had our final home study visit with Alison (Social Worker). It went as smoothly as all the others have gone. She went over all the dossier guidelines with us and got us well under way. We also found out that she is a notary and will notarize all of the documents that we need to sign. Also she is going to have the entire dossier state sealed for us and make all of our copies for us! This is huge, as these are some of the most time consuming jobs of the dossier.
I also found out that Illinois is the only state that requires a letter of endorsement from DCFS before applying to Immigration. This is going to add about 3 weeks to the process. Immigration then takes approx. 6 weeks to process their paperwork. (It is longer in other states.) So we are still looking at a while before our paperwork goes to Ethiopia, but at least the work on our end is winding down.
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3 comments:
This is great news. The journey is full of so many little and big steps, and each one gets you closer.
Wow! That's a SW! That probably saved you 8 hours.
Congrats! You're getting there! Kudos to your social worker! :)
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