Paperwork Progress for Lily

After getting the 1800A approval I made copies of everything and sent the originals to Sacramento through a courier  to be taken to the State Department for Certification.  The only document that did not go was Mikes birth certificate since he was born in another State.  I have another courier. that will receive all of the documents from the first courier by fed ex  and take them to the Chinese Consulate for me in Los Angeles.  So these precious documents leave my hands and I entrust them to the courier.  I track all parts of the trips that the papers take.  I thought I was being so careful.  Everything made it to the State Department and through certification fine, but today when my courier to the Chinese Consulate got my things she noticed that I had a copy of Mike's birth certificate but not the original.  I messed up because the first courier did not need this document, because it was certified in another state, but the second needed it for the authentication process at the Chinese Consulate.  Thank goodness she noticed before she goes tomorrow!  So I dropped everything and met her husband half way between their office and my house.  We don't want to be even one day late in this transaction because the Chinese Consulate will be closed for a week beginning October 1.  They take about 4 days to process so I needed them to go tomorrow!  Whew!

So I am guessing if my courier gets them back in 4 days that would be next Tuesday.  Then if she gets them in the mail overnight to me I will get them on Wednesday.  Then I can photocopy everything and send it to my agency to send to China.  Of course in China they will also be off for this Holiday, so I won't get a Log in Date until after the Holiday.  I will be so excited to get this part done.  Then no paper work for about 90 days, and then the mad rush begins again with about four more forms.  Sorry to bore you with all of the details, but I get asked a lot, what is happening.