So close, yet so far away.

We are getting so close to Jimmy's homecoming.  The only thing we lack is his visa.  To get the visa, we must pass through a few hoops. We have run into an obstacle with Jimmy's birthmother's death certificate.  Here is what our agency explained to us.

The death certificate extract for Jimmy's birthmother has not been sent from the province where the death certificate was recorded. This is not uncommon when birth certificates or death certificates are done outside of PAP. By this I mean, that a death certificate had to be created for Jimmy's mom this year and what USCIS requires is proof that this is a legitimate death certificate. The proof comes when the record book from the province is turned into National Archives showing all of the recorded certificates (birth, marriage, death) from that area. In remote areas it can sometimes take months to get these back after the end of the year. So we have to request a judgment and that process takes 2 weeks. This unfortunately, is nothing that can be predicted. We had hoped it would be received by Archives in time, but since it has not, we now need to take this step. So, your file is most likely going to be another 30 to 60 days in process.

We are only a week or so away from USCIS having all of our paperwork. Then we will have to get them the death certificate extract then we wait for them to approve the I600 (1-2 weeks).  Then we enter the embassy process where your visa will be issued. This will be at least 2-3 weeks.  Jimmy will also have to travel to PaP yet again for a visa medical exam.  Not sure when yet but sometime after I600 approval.

Although the extract adds more time to our wait. We will wait and it will be worth it.  Our friend, Cindy Hoover, reminded me that as long as we are seeking God every day it will work out.  He will work it out.  Please pray that we continue to seek Him until the end of this process and after as we begin the journey of our forever family.  God called us to this place many months ago.  We made the choice to follow Him and allow Him to show us the way.  Along the journey, we have tried to keep our eyes on Him.  Did we lose sight of Him on occasion?  Yes; but when our eyes were on Him and we were seeking His way it has all worked out. 

Here are some pictures of Jimmy taken by Hunter Kittrell.  Thank you so much Hunter for doing such a great job.