Almost DTC

The i800a has been county and state certified; it was overnighted to Houston yesterday by our agency.  Hopefully today it will be dropped off at the Chinese Consulate.  Our prayer is that the document will be authenticated and returned to the agency by the end of the week and DTC (dossier to China) before May.

Fees for i800a approval (called I-797):

$3.00 county certification *$3.00 per doc 

$5.00 state certification

$60.00 Houston consulate courier services 

$45.00 My China Docs, Chinese Consulate authentication ($25.00 plus $20 rush fee)

Also this week I had the honor of helping another adoptive mom state certify 3 documents and it was quite the in-town adventure.  Beckett and Noah made for excellent sidekicks.  It was cool to play a very small part in someone else's journey and show Noah steps we took to bring him home (in Georgia of course).