As I was on the telephone with the Haiti liaison at Bethany's corporate office, she received an email notifying her that Jude's passport has been printed and GLA has it in hand! This is very exciting! Next week they will be completing his medical exam.
However, this does indeed mean that the inaction of USCIS has now halted the progress. All they can do in Haiti is the medical exam. Then they sit and wait for the US Consulate to receive from USCIS and the National Visa Center what they should have received weeks ago. Normally once USCIS passes on our I600 paperwork to the NVC, it takes the NVC one to two weeks to get it to the Consulate.
So, given the lack of response from USCIS and the fact that they now are the cause of our adoption coming to a standstill, we have continued to work with our congressional office. The lady we're working with has committed to following up on Monday to be sure that our I600 was indeed processed by USCIS. Then, she's going to call the NVC and try to get their part expedited. We appreciate her!
We just may get this babe home by his birthday yet!
