The USCIS Saga Continues

If you're not familiar with the headache we've been experiencing because of USCIS (aka "immigration"), read October 2nd's post before proceeding....

Here's the latest in our neverending USCIS Saga:
While we were on vacation, we received our receipt for our fingerprinting fee. It was dated 10/10/2007. I decided if we still had not received our appointment by Nov. 10th, I would begin contacting USCIS again. Well, today I received an e-mail from the immigration officer. She stated she's trying to process our paperwork, however, she can't because she cannot locate our fingerprint report. THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON HER TO SCHEDULE OUR FINGERPRINT APPOINTMENT!!!!!!! Plus....we have to send her another letter regarding this is a renewal for our paperwork!!!

We have to be re-fingerprinted and given approval by LA's government to adopt a child from another country and bring her to LA. (We're basically asking permission to bring an illegal immigrant into the state.)

In case you're wondering, no, it's not just us. I've contacted a family in Algiers who will be adopting with us and they've been waiting since July to have their paperwork renewed. However, this is only "normal" in LA. Our friends in NC have submitted paperwork, been re-fingerprinted and received their renewal paperwork from their state goverment. All this was done within the time we've been trying to get scheduled for fingerprints.

I just sent the Officer the requested letter (I was allowed to e-mail this one in) and the receipt # of our fingerprint fee. Maybe by 2008 we'll actually be fingerprinted!