waiting for travel info

We expect to go to China in 7 weeks so we are counting on Oct 5th. It's a little complicated:

Our US authorization to immigrate an orphan (I-171H) expires on Oct 23. That means that we have to meet with the US Consulate in Guangzhou before Oct 20 to process her paperwork, which we'll do at the end of our 2 week trip. Our agency has told us over and over that we shouldn't need to extend that paperwork (it's a big head-ache) so we are trusting that all will work out. Rumor Queen posted yesterday that the US Consulate is backed up with appointments.

Of course I'm worried sick and ready to walk into our Congressman's office today to ask for help (RQ suggests writing) but I'll sit tight for a few days.

As our agency works on making our US Consulate appointment, we also wait for authorization to travel from China. As soon as both of those are set, we'll get visa's.

We do have a stack of documents from our Agency that we have to review & sign this week-end. Out of paper in the house so second errand today will be for printer paper. First errand is to go get her 2 additional pictures scanned since I am unable to get ours to work!