Happy Birthday!

Today is baby's 5-month birthday! Time is flying by.....

We hope to have updated pictures soon! Those below are about 2 and a half months old. Next time our agency's representative goes to his orphanage (probably in the next few weeks sometime) he is going to take pictures and measurements. Yea!

I-600 acknowledgment

Guess what we got today????

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Dear Mr/Ms. Lee,

This office is in receipt of your Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative. Your petition and supporting evidence will be reviewed by USCIS to determine whether the child named qualifies as an orphan. In certain cases it may be concluded that an administrative field inquiry or a request for evidence is necessary to make that determination. Most determinations will be completed in 60 working days.

You will be notified by mail as soon as this determination has been completed.

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Yea! Now we begin our final wait. USCIS has stated that the average wait from this point is 45 days. We'll hope for that! But most people from our agency have had to wait 60 calendar days or more....Also, the letter states "60 working days," which is really more like 90 calendar days. Hope they work fast! We should travel 2-3 weeks after we receive this approval. Yea!

PS. Don't you love the grumpy picture??

Official Referral!

We are so happy to (finally) announce the official referral of our baby boy! His name is Nguyen Hoi, but will probably become Edward Allen Hoi Lee. He is 4 months old, and if all goes well, we will travel to pick him up in October!