Two Big Events Today 2
Today was a very good day. Two wonderful events occurred today.
Mollie and I woke up very early this morning to get ready and head to the USCIS offices in Denver for my adjustment of status interview. This was the last step in becoming a Legal Permanent Resident (aka Green Card).
We showed up early. Very early. We made it to the offices well before the building doors opened. We spent some time waiting in the car for the building to be unlocked, and then we waited in the lobby for the USCIS offices themselves to open. We were greeted by a grumpy security guard asking us whether we were in a hurry.
We were the first couple to be interviewed this morning. The officer was all business at first, which really worried Mollie. The officer started with basic questions such as birthdays, Mollie's maiden name and where we got married. It so happened that the officer recently got married at the same place that Mollie and I got married. The whole process got easier after he asked us whether we had children. Mollie told him that we didn't and that our next destination was the CCAI adoption agency if the green card was approved. We did get the green card approval and the appropriate stamps in my passports. At this point, we knew that we would be able to proceed to the next step in our plans for the day.
We headed down to the Chinese Children Adoption International agency after a celebratory breakfast at Racines. We handed in our adoption application and had a chat with one of the adoption coordinator. This is something that Mollie had waited for for a very long time. We discussed the process with the coordinator and signed up for the next orientation meeting. Mollie was positively beaming with joy once we came out of the CCAI's offices.
This turned out to be a very exciting and eventful day.
Update: You can go to Mollie's blog to see her perspective on the day.
It took about 7 months between submitting the paperwork early July to getting the interview on January 19. We originally had our interview scheduled for December 22, but the USCIS rescheduled it.
Best of luck getting your GC :)
(I originally posted this entry on January 19. I did have to rebuild my blog though, which is why the date is off on the entry.)
--Fred