This morning, Kaitlin helped me draft a letter to the Consular Section of the US Embassy via email letting them know that over the weekend I received my I-171H approval form from USCIS dated January 20, 2009. In the email I sent to them, I stated that I was approved to adopt one child and that my I-171H form states that my Advance Processing Application has been forwarded to the National Visa Center where a favorable decision will be forwarded to Kathmandu. I also attached a copy of my I-171H approval for their review.
Basically, from what I understand (thank the Lord for Kaitlin), once I received my I-171H, I had to email the Embassy to confirm receipt of the Visas 37 cable. I then requested an electronic copy of the Guarantee Letter that I need from their office in order to finalize my dossier for submission to the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare in Nepal.
I also asked if there were any special instructions that I should follow with respect to filing the Guarantee Letter along with my dossier.
I will keep everyone posted as soon as I hear back (hopefully) from the Embassy official.
Happy Monday.
Laura
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Hi Laura,
I don't know if you read our blog at all, but we wrote in detail about how much trouble we had getting that visas 37 cable. It was quite the run around. Good luck getting yours.
Bonnie
Thank you! It sounds like I am about to embark on the same journey you went through. Any tips?
Hi Laura,
To make along story short it really came down to your local USCIS office. They provide your information to the NVC (National Visa Center) who are just a clearing house who forwards your info to the Embassy in Nepal. After days of talking to reps. at the NVC, supervisors at the NVC and ultimately the Manager of NVC they could not help us. The visas 37 cable must come from your local USCIS officer. Ours was a little stubborn for the first few days, but after we had the NVC and Osbourne Burks at the Embassy in Nepal email him, he finally resent the documents in the fashion they requested and NVC processed and sent them to the Embassy the same day. Trust me this is the short version.
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