Because our agency (CCAI) is all kinds of awesome and all on it and don’t believe in delaying anything for a minute – our I-800 (immigration) application for Merry is now at the National Benefits Center.
We received the LOA from them on January 17th, signed it that night, stayed up all night filling out the I-800 app, and sent everything back on January 18th. They got it on January 19th, reviewed it, and sent it on its way the same day. NBC received it on January 20th (thank heavens for FedEx priority overnight service) and now we wait some more.
If you recall, our first agency held some of Ava’s paperwork for a couple of weeks which is partly why our travel was delayed so long with her. They also had no inkling of how to effectively communicate so it AMAZES me how great CCAI has been about keeping us informed of every step as it occurs and guiding us through the process. I knew our first agency sucked. Now I know how bad they really were.
Oh, and I have been in communication with our local cleft team here and I am just thrilled with their nurse coordinator. She has been so kind and is so excited for us – she already has a care package with some items for Merry just waiting for me to pick up at the hospital and promises that we will be penciled in on the surgeon’s schedule within a few weeks of us arriving home from China. She’s given some great advice as well and wants to sit down with me before we travel. It is making this so much easier to know that we already have such caring medical professionals that we will be working with.
All in all, a pretty good week on the adoption front.
Great news!!! Don’t you love CCAI!! It was sooo hard for us to use them the first time and then have to use another agency the second time. There is nothing like CCAI service! (We talked to all the ladies in the WC department but especially Sarah.) Have you talked to her? We even have her voice recorded from the Call!
Oh Congratulations on your beautiful daughter. We too were fortunate enough to work with CCAI when we started as NSN in 2006, switched to SN and were blessed to bring home our amazing Joshua Spencer Jian in 2009. He also has a cleft lip and palate. Blessings to you and your family and Happy New Year.
WOW! That was so FAST!!! I’m so envious of the support of your medical team. I couldn’t even get training to care for my daughter’s special need. Everything I learned was from online videos, thank heaven for them! You’ll have your beautiful baby girl in your arms so soon! I can’t wait to read about your travels to bring her home.
Congrats! We used CCAI and were extremely pleased; had a great experience with their employees in China.
Alyzabeth’s Mommy