Light at the end of the tunnel

At the beginning of this week it looked as though we would definitely be delayed in sending HSTK (Home study to Korea)  and now it appears things might have turned around and we may be able to move forward

Earlier this week I received the case number for my I-600 along with the phone number for the adoption department at USCIS.  I made the call hoping for the best and was told that more than likely things would not move forward without the home study.  I felt deflated.  I knew it was a long shot but was really hoping it would work. 

It still might have helped because it takes 10-12 days for the application to go from the processing branch in Texas to adoption office in Missouri and the nice woman who helped me from USCIS gave me the address where I can overnight our home study when that is finalized straight to Missouri so at least we are not wasting time.  Before I would have still been waiting on our home study to be finalized and then send in and wait those 2-3 weeks as it was processed so at least now it is moving to the right places and I can catch my home study up overnight directly to Missouri.

I am hoping that if my home study is finalized and approved within the next two weeks if I overnight it the USCIS branch in Missouri I we might still be able to get the boys prints done before they leave but who knows.  I was told I could call when the home study caught up and they could possibly fax my documents to our local USCIS branch for fingerprinting.

So I was disappointed but then came the good news....

Today my agency called and there may still be a way to move forward while we are waiting on the boys to get printed in Korea.  I feel super happy and hope this works out ok.  With the 2 year wait from when our home study finally goes to Korea I really didn't want to delay almost another 4 more months.