Monday our homestudy agency received our retainer and emailed the guide and forms for everything we need to do. I was pleasantly surprised (and honestly very impressed) that Barry filled out his personal history form yesterday before I even got a chance to look at mine! So I did mine last night and emailed those back. Then today, I made appointments for our fingerprints the same day that we have our physicals (Tuesday the 7th). All of this is coming into place nicely, and I feel like we are finally making some progress in the paperwork department. As soon as Barry's original birth certificate arrives (ordered Monday), then we can send off for our passports. His employer is already working on his letter of employment, and now I have to send off the guidelines for reference letters to four of my friends. This is all for the homestudy portion. The dossier guidelines are in process of being sent to me and a lot of this will be able to go in both files, but the dossier is going to be much more detailed. They call it "the beast", so that scares me a little. I'm also very scared about all the notary fees and later the fees to have everything apostilled (although this sounds like apostle, it is a VERY different meaning). In California, it costs $20 per page (the most expensive in the nation from what I've seen). And we have to either mail the forms to be apostilled or walk them into the office at the capitol building in Sacramento (yeah, that's an 8 hour drive). Fun, fun! I'm just glad to get the ball rolling in an official manner finally. We should be hearing from our social worker this week, yea! :)
In other news, we are moving into our new rental on the 11th. I'm very excited to be saving $300 per month, but that is Chloe's 3rd birthday and only 10 days away. I am mentally ready, but have not packed a single box. I will be gone with Fischer Saturday for Marching Band Championships and have so much going on next week with our Pizza Factory fundraiser for Micah on Monday, appointments on Tuesday, a band fundraiser on Wednesday, the winter concert on Thursday, and then moving! When do I have time for homework? Oh yeah, never. Crazy busy life :)
On to more paperwork and phone calls.
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8 years ago
2 comments:
Oh, I remember all that head spinning paperwork for the homestudy and the dossier! It is a beast indeed :-) You can probably get most of the documents notarized at your bank for free, and ask at your doctor's office if there's a notary on site (check the expiration date of their stamp, though). That could save you quite a bit of money. Also, I think there's an office in Los Angeles where you can get everything apostilled. That would save you some time (whether driving to Sacramento or sending the documents in and waiting for their return). :-) You sound like one BUSY mama!! Hang in there - as soon as the beast is complete you can breathe (a little). :-)
I Love this little guy!!! So Happy to see him going HOME!! He has the sweetest personality:) COngrats. Praying the journey is smooth!!! ~Wendy
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