I171.......check!

This has been an emotionally draining day...make that week...for me but we finally have our I171 in our hands! Monday morning our request for evidence landed in Memphis. Our congressman's office contacted them and they said "it's in line for review". Sorry, not good enough. Our congressman's office contacted them again pushing them for more information. This morning Larry got a call from USCIS telling us that there is another question we didn't answer. Now let me be sure you know that it WAS NOT on the request for evidence. They missed it. She said she needed to know how many marriages we'd had. Larry is sure he filled that out but he went ahead and told her that this is our only marriage. She said that was the only thing holding us up. Larry asked when they would send the 171 and she said we should see it next week.

A little later he gets another call from her. She says she needs to send out another request for evidence. This time it seems that we put 1 child on our application but our homestudy says we can have 2 and those numbers need to match. SERIOUSLY? First of all I've never heard that. Second of all WHY WASN'T THAT CAUGHT 4 WEEKS AGO?!?!?!?! Larry just sat there. I think he was shocked and realizing how much this would set us back...again. He told her he wanted to come to Memphis to fill out the request for information. She agreed to let him do that. He then said he also wanted his I171. She was reluctant but eventually said "Fine, what number of children do you want in the box and I'll have it ready for you." Larry said 2 and he headed off to Memphis. He is on his way home now with it! Tomorrow we will get another notary and appostille and then sometime tomorrow afternoon we should be at Fed Ex mailing our dossier!