Last Set of Fingerprints!

Today, we went to immigration for our fingerprint appointment. I've actually lost count on how many times we've been fingerprinted through this process. A lot. Let's just say that. It was a nice, uplifting feeling to make measurable progress after waiting a few weeks for this appointment. I've been having what I call baby aches lately. It seems that the wait is going to be a bit harder than I anticipated. I'm not sure how I'll feel when there is nothing left to do, EXCEPT wait. To make things even tougher, the wait time for a match has crept up again. Now the estimations are 19-20 months from log-in date to match. Need I mention this is dangerously close to two more years? Yeah. Makes my heart hurt (and not in the good way like when the cats snuggle). That's all I wish to say on the subject. Well, that and please send prayers and positive thoughts to the powers to be so that the wait time will reduce again.

So...on to next steps. In 3-4 weeks we will receive immigration approval, or what is called our I-171H. This last document completes our dossier. Then we certify, authenticate and send to Colorado for translation to Chinese. From Colorado to China. It may be August, rather than July when we get our log-in date.