Stahlke Adoption

Postscript to "Finding Those Papers"

Good news today:
I can use my birth certificate instead of my passport to prove my U.S. citizenship.

Passport extensions are going much faster now than they were last year.

CIS might not allow us to submit a new application since the current approval is still valid. That means we would update the current approval and then later get the extension. This would all be free of charge and not $820.

Bad news today:
We have to Email CIS to make sure that the above is really true. Also, we must carefully think through all the implications this would have for Kola's legal situation.

The update of the homestudy requires doctor appointments for each member of our family--that means seven appointments.

posted by Stahlkes @ 9:13 PM