The Paperchase Begins

We started the paperchase officially on January 6, 2007. You are officially through with the paperchase when all of your documents have been gathered, notarized, certified, authenticated and then sent to your agency for review (and any re-do's). They then send it to Guatemala for translation while you await your approval from US Immigration. At the beginning you file an I600A with US Immigration (CIS) which includes a homestudy and the computerized fingerprints. We filed on January 11, sent in Homestudy March 20 and had our fingerprint appointment April 5. We are waiting approval (171H) - the official a-ok. Right now the NC office says they are 8 weeks out, but friends have received it in 3 weeks. We'd love to have it all done by May 1! Then, and only then, can we go on the waiting list to receive the referral of our soon to be daughter.