Our Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition has been approved - again - resulting in our receipt of the I-171H document. The I-171H from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicates we are "able to furnish proper care to an orphan" and that we've been approved for one child up to 18 months old, either boy or girl (all that is exactly what we asked for), and the embassy in Guangzhou, China has been notified.
I say it was approved again because this is the second time we've applied. The approval is only valid for 18 months, and the fingerprint checks that are also required are only valid for 15 months, and, as many of you know, we started this process many moons ago; i.e., more than 18 months ago. However, the USCIS recently allowed those re-filing to re-file for free (once). That saved us a whopping $800 and change. Excellent.
If you are thinking ahead like we are, yes, we're most likely going to have to re-apply again before it's time to meet our baby. Time to start earning interest on that $800 saved!
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