Friday, May 11, 2012

Paperwork headaches

We did our paper chase as soon as we were given the green light, which left our documents dated from mid-September to the beginning of October.  I always heard they were valid for a year (some for 18 months or even 2 years), so I wasn't worried because I was confident that we would be able to complete everything in that time-frame since we already had our child selected.  Well, apparently we are going to need to re-order several (if not all!) of the documents again because they need to be less than 6 months old to be "authenticated".  I'm not exactly sure what that means yet, but I'm assuming that they mean they need to be less than 6 months before they get sent to Crescent Moon with our Dossier.  *sigh*  I'm a little bummed about the cost of replacing all of those documents, but I'm much more upset about the time and headache that will be involved in re-ordering them.  I had at one time saved all of the request forms, but since I figured I would no longer need them, I might have to look them up all over again.  It sounds easy, but is surprisingly difficult.  My mom had to order several of the forms for me because I no longer have a US driver's license or state issued ID.  Apparently, Passports don't count as verification when ordering state documents and they sure don't care about my German driver's license!  I'm telling you, just knowing that I will have to go through that nightmare again is going to be a thorn in my flesh until it's over again!  I was SO happy when I was done because I thought I was DONE!  I'm trying very hard not to blame our home study agency for taking 3 months longer than they promised, but if they had gotten the correct home study to us on time, our document would still be less than 6 months old.  :-(  I know the adoption process is an uncertain thing, but I always thought the many government agencies involved would be the unpredictable ones!  I never expected a "respectable" agency would be the one to screw us up so badly!  Right now we've got a lot going on with DJ switching schools in the fall and a TON of bureaucratic nightmares there, so I'm probably over-reacting to the need to order more documents, but right now it feels like a ton of bricks on me.  I'm just very grateful that we have the money to cover the additional cost and to know that despite set-backs like this, everything is still in God's hands.  He is still watching over Z and He is still directing and guiding the process.  I just hope I don't break from all the stress in the process.

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