The Busier the Better

We had a whirlwind trip to Green Bay and Milwaukee today.  A few weeks ago we set up today's appointment with the Bellin Travel Clinic to discuss our travel plans and what to be cautious with, health-wise, while in Bangkok.  She also hooked us up with prescription antibiotics in case of emergency while abroad and some pills (thankfully not a shot) for Typhoid that is recommended for Thailand travelers by the CDC.  We got some good info and are realizing that this trip really is going to happen soon!

Then, we headed to the USCIS building in Milwaukee to update our fingerprints.  This was actually quite the accomplishment on our end since we took the initiative to contact the Hague adoption document processing immigration officer who was assigned our case.  Through email we discovered that she had received our paperwork on Friday, March 26th but was not able to process it until we got our fingerprint updates.  She then told us that the fingerprinting was scheduled for April 20th (which we didn't know yet since we hadn't gotten the notices in the mail at that point).  Monday night the notices appeared in our mailbox and we contacted our immigration officer again via email to see if there was any chance we could get in early this week or next week so we could move our paperwork along.  She was very helpful and so was the lady at the office in Milwaukee.  With about 6-7 emails back and forth, we were able to schedule an early fingerprinting today at 1:45pm.  So immediately after our travel clinic appointment ended at 11:20am, we dropped in quickly at Subway and sped our way down to Milwaukee.  We got there with only 5 minutes to spare.  Whew!

So, after all that, we hope now that our paperwork will continue through USCIS and on to the Thai consulate so we can get our actual travel date.  Keep us in your prayers for a speedy process and we'll keep proactively contacting those in charge (politely) to help the process along.

Ann & Bryan