Just when we thought we have made it through all the hurdles, we are hit with a big one. Stephen was at the Embassy at 4pm to pick up the visas and found out the background checks we took with the I600 expire at 15 months which was end of July for us.
So glad we paid all these "so called experts" for their services. No one told us this could expire, what a basic thing to take care of at home, in the Ukraine, not so basic.
Stephens fingerprints were taken at the Embassy on the "paper" version and being overnight service to and from Ukraine is 3 days... not to mention the weekend, and then it has to be processed, so we dont know when this will be done. Mine were re-done today, since its the electronic version, the results will be in the system Monday.
The Embassy told Stephen to have me call the Senate's office to have them contact the FBI registry and put a rush on our fingerprints. I spoke to the lady in immigration and I faxed her some basic information. Hopefully she can do something.
Numb is the best way to describe the emotion and the girls are so confused.
On top of that, the apartment they were put in Thurs night was the size of our living room and had no air conditioning for the 90+ degree weather. Stephen asked the Embassy if they knew of an apartment they can move into. When the Embassy asked where they were staying, they were shocked. Its in the ghetto part of Kyiv, nice choice for Americans with newly adopted children. The Embassy hooked them up and they are in a nice, larger apartment with air and its in downtown Kyiv so they can do something this weekend.
4 comments:
How terrible! At least you got a nicer apartment with air conditioning. We will be praying that the fingerprints are done quickly and you get home early next week. Cara, Jeff and Matthew
Cyndi and Stephen,
We were amazed at this glitch! Hopefully the FBI can put a rush on things and get the background checks done quickly! We agree, the date should have been watched more closely on that end - that is what you are paying for!
We will have to get the name and address of the "nice" apartment with air in Kyiv - so that we can stay there! Thank goodness for the Embassy!
You continue to be in our prayers, both Stephen, his sister, the girls and Cyndi at home waiting patiently and trying to get her family "freed"!
Twyla, John, Duncan, and Mari
Cindy,
I am so sorry to hear of this, just a shame that you were not informed by your facilitators, we have the date marked on our calendar when our fingerprints need to be redone.
I will pray that this gets resolved quickly and the girls and Stephen make it home very soon.
Love,
Aimee
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