That Paperwork Re-do And May/June Referrals

Remember that paperwork we had to re-do because it expired (I-600A), to get a 2nd I-171H which allows us to bring an orphan from China into the USA?
Many of our friends sumbitted letters on our behalf asking that they extend the I-171H. I don't understand all the political hooplah, but senators acknolwleged the need to fix this and we expected they would extend it...and we were hoping we would be included in the extention. But the bill did not make it to congress before the last elections and with the change over from Republican to Demorcrats there was a bunch of the hooplah stuff again. Therefore, we DID have to re-do all that paper work. BUT the bill just passed (I doubt we can get a refund but I know some people are checking into it so, I'll let you know if we can get one)! As of July 30th they will make famlies refile but they will not charge them for the extention! So, the dreaded paperwork still has to be done but the thousands of dollars that it costs families has been removed! Thanks to everyone who appealed to our senators in our state, b/c many families close to my heart are going to benifit! And thanks to rumor queen blog for keeping us up to date on what's going on (everyone adopting knows who I'm talking about and those not adopting are saying "whooooo?")

I am hearing a lot of activity about the next batch of referrals...it won't be long until the CCAA will send the May/June batch...so check back soon!