{"id":5475,"date":"2019-07-23T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2019-09-25T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:28:56","slug":"disappointing-adoption-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/archives\/5475","title":{"rendered":"Disappointing adoption news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We received a reply from US Citizenship and Immigration\nServices (USCIS) today. Unfortunately, they did not issue Will and Jake\ncitizenship as we had hoped, citing the fact that we do not reside in the US as\nthe reason for this refusal. They suggested we apply for the boys\u2019 citizenship\nby filing an N-600K form for each of the boys, submitting $1,170 along with\neach form. Then we will wait for some months to hear back from USCIS with an\ninterview date in the US a few weeks later, necessitating another costly trip\nfor the four of us.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This seems like a colossal waste of time and money from our\nperspective. We are also concerned about the timing since the boys\u2019 US visas in\ntheir Guinean passports are only valid for one year from the date when we\nentered the US with them, which was Feb. 28., and we have heard that the\nestimated time it takes for USCIS to process this kind of application averages\n9 months. It is particularly frustrating that the US Embassy in Dakar did not\nput us on this path in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But while we were reading USCIS\u2019 letter and researching the\nprocess before us, the boys were giggling and wrestling on the floor with their\nsisters\u2026 and I was reminded that they have been part of our family for over a\nyear. They are not orphans living in an institution, begging for someone to\nhold them, play with them, give them attention\u2026 They have a mom and a dad who\nwill fly across the world for them (again!) because we love them, and because they\nare our sons. This is what parents do. Our heavenly Father has done a lot more\nfor us! So, we are grateful, and we press on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pray with us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>for the peace of the Lord to rule in our hearts\nand minds<\/li><li>for His provision of the time and money needed\nfor this process<\/li><li>for this process to go quickly enough that the\nboys\u2019 citizenship papers are issued before their visas expire at the end of\nFebruary, or wisdom about applying for another visa if it isn\u2019t going to happen\nin time. This is the part we have a lot of questions about\u2026<\/li><li>for stamina to persevere through the red tape,\nand joy despite this circumstance<\/li><li>that this process will be completely 100% over\nand finished forever soon!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"572\" data-attachment-id=\"5476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/archives\/5475\/garrett-family-at-beach-july-2019\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?fit=960%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,572\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?fit=960%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=960%2C572\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C458&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=250%2C149&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=550%2C328&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=800%2C477&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=302%2C180&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=503%2C300&amp;ssl=1 503w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?resize=839%2C500&amp;ssl=1 839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Family photo at our annual SIM Spiritual Life Conference &#8211; July 2019 on the coast of Senegal (about a three-hour drive from where we live)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received a reply from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today. Unfortunately, they did not issue Will and Jake citizenship as we had hoped, citing the fact that we do not reside in the US as the reason for this refusal. They suggested we apply for the boys\u2019 citizenship by filing an N-600K form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coreyandkatie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garrett-family-at-beach-July-2019.jpg?fit=960%2C572&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnGvI-1qj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5477,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyandkatie.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}