Dossier Submitted

I finally collected the last of the documents together and got them mailed off. They were notarized by my BC agency last Tuesday and poped in the mail Wednesday to OWAS. So as soon as they get it I will officially be waiting on a referral :) In the meantime I have agreed to be a contact for this program for my agency and so am already fielding questions about it. It is interesting all the questions people have who are soo much earlier in their adoption journey than I am. After three years apparently I have learned something :) Now the long wait begins again.

CIC approval

Yeah, I received my CIC approval letter in the mail yesterday. So my dossier is quickly coming together. Hopefully I will have it all gathered shortly to send off to my agency in BC for notarization!

Canadian Immigration ?single??

Sorry it's been so long since I have blogged. I have been having some issues with accessing my account now that I have a gmail email address...have to love technology. I am fooling it right now by blogging from my work computer ...and hopefully IT at work (not really I have no clients to see and never take breaks).

So I have applyed immigration clearance to sponsor my future congolese child to be able to enter the country. I got a call while at work last week from CIC. They asked if I was the same person who had applying to bring a child into the country from the US. So I said 'yes'. Then began an interesting conversation. "Well that person is down as married." "Oh" I said, "I am not married". "So you think it is a mistake"she said. "Yes" I say. She then askes if I have ever been married -No. Then she asks me if I am sure. Hummm let me think, did I accidentally get married somewhere along the way and forget about it? No! Okay she saiys, must have been a mistake..Yup! And I'm pretty sure on their end. But after the phone call I was wondering how you would prove you are single? It's pretty hard to prove a negative. Apparently I also didn't include a form I needed to but that it wasn't clear that I needed to include, but she was nice enough to give me a fax number and name to fax it attention to. So hopefully I will have immigration clearance shortly and can tick off one more thing on the dossier check list!

On to my dossier

So I have been accepted by OWAS and have now been sent the list to compile my dossier. Nothing looks like it should take too long but I have to get immigration approval first. I have immiigration approval to bring an infant from the US into Canada but apparently they no longer to revisions, so I have to re-apply. I have filled out the forms, collected a letter of employment stating I am indeed employed and am just waiting for an option C print out from CRA. Then I can mail in for immigration approva, while it is getting approved I should have no problem gathering the other few documents needed. Then I can officially be waiting.

On the issue of J we had a Judicial Case Conference infront of the judge on Tuesday. J's father has decided to fight me all the way for custody. However I was granted in the short term without prejudice sole custody, joint guardianship with her parents. this will stay in effect until her father undergoes a parental capacity assessment and the outcome of that is assessed by the lawyers. Have hope for this to seal the deal.

Will update as things happen :)