One step closer

Two weeks ago we finally received our I171-H. We promptly got a copy of it notarized and sent it off to the Colorado Secretary of State. That didn’t take too long. Last week we received it and sent it off to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago. Hopefully we’ll get it back this week or next.

The next step is to get all of our documents in order and put together our dossier. The I171-H is the last thing that’s holding up the dossier. Once our dossier is sent to China we’ll get our log-in-date (LID). That officially starts the wait. Thankfully, there are not more political hurdles once we get our LID. There’s some minor stuff we have to do for the State of Colorado, but really the LID says that we will get a baby. Unfortunately it doesn’t saywhen. We’re hearing various reports that the wait is most likely going to be greater than two years. We’re currently hoping for less than three.