Bummed

As far as I can tell, at some point the post office lost our paperwork that left our hands, headed for Texas on December 23. It finally showed up at its destination on January 5. Thirteen days later. Then they had to ship it to Missouri.

I have tried to follow up with the USCIS to see if they have since processed our paperwork. Usually the officers are very nice. Our officer totally blew me off and told me she would notify me by mail. She has not answered subsequent communication. After she someday approves my file, she will then mail it to New Hampshire, where they have to approve our file again.

Because of the delay, there is no earthly way we will get our paperwork to the US consulate in China before Chinese New Year. Did you know that our consulates close for US holidays and foreign ones? Which means our paperwork will have been delayed for 4 holidays, one of which closes everything down for a week. That totals 8 business days where nothing is happening.

My goal at this point is to have it ready to be delivered to the consulate the day they open back up. Unless my file gets lost in the mail for thirteen days again. Don't laugh. It could happen. That last trip is all the way to China.

Sigh.

On the bright side, this total screw up bought us two extra weeks to decide on Yin Tao's name. It's a good thing, since that particular document with the new name needs to be mailed to China tomorrow, and we still don't have a name.

Sigh.

Stay tuned...