We finally received our I-171H, this is the most important document for us, it is a letter from the US Homeland Security the approval for us to bring an orphan into the US.

So the timeline, if we calculated correctly, we should be able to travel around April/May/June 2007.

7/01 - letter for fingerprinting
7/21 - fingerprinting appointment
8/07 - letter from USCIS - I-171H
8/24 - paperwork back from US Chinese Consulante
8/28 - paperwork sent to CCAI
8/30 - Dossier recieved at CCAI
9/5 - Dossier in Critical Review
9/8- Dossier in China
9/28 - LID countdown starting in October.



We will keep everyone posted about details.