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| The Paper Chase Adopting a foreign-born child and bringing her into the United States requires lots of patience and good organization skills. <<Here's a list of some of the documents we've had to collect in the paper chase. This may differ from other people's lists–it only covers what we've had to gather for our agency and our state officials. All of these had to be notarized and then authenticated at the secretary of state's office and then authenticated again at the Chinese Consulate office in Seattle. We also have to work with the USCIS (United States Citizenship & Immigration Service), formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for their approval to bring a foreign-born child into the U.S (I600-A form); this includes fingerprinting and an FBI background check. Currently, there is a six-month turn-around for referrals from CCAA. That means that if our dossier goes out in March we should get a referral in September of 2005 and hopefully travel in October or November of 2005 (the CCAA allows travel 4-6 weeks after the referral). See our timeline for a detailed listing of what we did and how we did it in the paper chase. |
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