I800 Receipt Notice

We received a receipt notice for our I800 with a receipt date of September 2!!!!! Basically, it confirms the I800 has been received at the Texas lock box. It will now be sent to the processing center, in Missouri. (I think it's Missouri)

I spoke with our USCIS caseworker on Thursday. She said our I800 has not been received by their processing office but it will take 10-14 business days and cannot count the recent Labor Day holiday. We are now waiting for it to arrive her desk.

She also added, once it reaches her desk, she reviews it within 24 hours and will either request additional information or approve it.

Okay, doing the math using the September 2 receipt date and only counting business days....10 days will be September 17 and 11-14 days is the week of September 20. We pray it is received by Friday, 9/17 on the 10th day and we receive the paper approval, week of September 20.

Receiving approval the week of 9/20 will help push things along, as we are sure hoping to travel by end of year. We really need the approval before end of September for this to happen because there are still 2 more steps before the TA. (NVC wiring approval + Article 5 = Travel Approval)

We are sharing in the joy of another family who is currently in China and in a few short hours, will be meeting their older daughter in person, for the first time!!! She is at the same orphanage as Miao!