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04-12-2006, 07:57 PM
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How long did your background clearance take?
Our SW sent our background clearance forms in at the end of January, and we haven't had any response. He sent them again at the end of February, just in case they'd been lost, and we're still waiting. We have our dossier ready and I'm getting a little frustrated. Our SW says it usually takes a month, but he doesn't seem that concerned that it's been almost three. Is this normal? Should I just chill out?
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#2
04-12-2006, 08:07 PM
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What background clearence papers are you talking about? State, FBI, Homeland Security?
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~~~Daphne~~~ www.GuatemalanHarvest.org Home with Carolina (4) and Evangeline (3) God, thank you for my children
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#3
04-12-2006, 08:15 PM
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Ours took 90 days
 . That held up our HS which in turn held up our 171. Very frustrating. We were fortunate that once it got back and we sent the HS into USCIS it only took 3 weeks more to get our 171.Hope you get some news soon! Good luck! Tom
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04-12-2006, 08:17 PM
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Whoops, I'm talking about state. It's the only type of clearance we've needed so far. We can't submit our homestudy without it, so it's holding the rest of the process up. Ugh.
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Kim *** 1/30/06 Signed with agency 1/17/07 Referral of Molly Elva (born 12/17/07) 2/14 Submitted to FC, SWI 2/23, Out 3/8 3/14 DNA authorization 3/30 99.99% DNA match!!! 5/14 PA 5/21 In PGN 7/30 Out of PGN 8/29 2nd DNA 9/12 PINK! 9/24 Embassy Appt. 9/30/07 Home forever
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#5
04-13-2006, 03:45 AM
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Our State clearance only took about 2 weeks to get back...
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redru2004 1/25/06 initial application filed with agency 3/16/06 began homestudy 3/28/06 completed homestudy 3/29/06 submitted I600A 5/03/06 fingerprints taken 5/24/06 171H received!!!! 7/25/06 Accepted referral of our beautiful son Lucas   7/26/06 POA to Agency 8/03/06 POA sent to Guatemala 10/13/06 FINALLY entered Family Court 10/23/06 Yippee DNA Authorization  11/13 DNA test and SW interview Complete  11/22/06 It's a match  12/03-12/07 AMAZING visit trip  12/12/06 PA  12/20/06 Out of FC and into PGN  2/??/07 KO'd of PGN  2/7/07 re-entered PGN 3/7/07 We're O U T  4/30.07 Submitted for PINK! 5/03/07 PINK!!!!!!!!!! 5/15-5/23/07 Pick up trip!!!!!!!!
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04-13-2006, 04:06 AM
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Ours took about 3 weeks!
Good Luck, Lisa
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*~Lisa~* *~Mommy of 3~* 7/27/06~Entered PGN! 8/25/06~Kicked out of PGN, error on Guatemala side 9/8/06/~Found out we were kicked out of PGN 9/22/06~Back in PGN 10/27/06~Kicked out yet again, error on Guatemala Side 11/10/06~Back in PGN 12/12/06~One year ago today we started this process 12/27/06~OUT OF PGN! 1/19/07~New BC received 1/23/07~Submitted for PINK... 1/25/07~PINK 2/1/07~Leaving for pick up 2/2/07~Visa Appointment 2/6/07~Home forever! 4/16/07~Readoption completed http://our-journey-for-sophia.blogspot.com/ 
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04-13-2006, 05:08 AM
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Ours took less than 2 weeks to get back. Have you tried having yur social worker contact them for the status?
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05/18/05 Bailey Alyssa is born 09/07/05 DNA Test and Social Worker Interview 09/19/05 It's a Match!! 10/14/05 Exit Family Court 11/08/05 Preapproval 11/15/05 Enter PGN 12/21/05 OUT OF PGN 12/30/05 New BC (Amatitlan) 01/05/06 PINK!!! 01/13/06 Home Forever 3/14/07 Taylor Samantha is born 04/24/07 1st DNA Test 05/09/07 Match!! 05/11/07 Social Worker Interview 06/20/07 Exit Family Court 07/03/07 Preapproval 07/05/07 Enter PGN 07/30/07 OUT of PGN 08/08/07 New BC (Mixco) 09/14/07 New BC (Mixco) for real this time 09/19/07 Passport 09/25/07 Submit to Embassy 09/27/07 2nd DNA Test 10/04/07 DNA Sample Arrives at Lab 10/09/07 DNA Sample Arrives at Embassy 10/10/07 PINK 10/22/07 Embassy Appointment 10/24/07 HOME 
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#8
04-13-2006, 05:59 AM
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Our state (NC) took 2 weeks. I hope you hear something soon!
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~~~Daphne~~~ www.GuatemalanHarvest.org Home with Carolina (4) and Evangeline (3) God, thank you for my children
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04-13-2006, 08:08 AM
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Our state only took approx. 2 weeks (NY). I should say that we got one of our clearances back quickly (approx. 2 weeks). we are waiting still on the other, which we should be getting back shortly. I would have your SW constantly check. Our SW has been checking regularly for us. Once the other comes back we can send our HS into USCIS. They already have our I600A
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04-13-2006, 08:26 AM
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Our state (IL) is taking 3-5 months (this is actually for the DCFS background check).. which we have to wait for until our homestudy can be complete. Good for patience
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Emily Adopting from GUATEMALA!! 3/18/06 Signed the contract 4/26/06 HS complete 5/03/06 It's a girl, x 2... TWINS!! 5/05/06 HS sent to CIS 5/15/06 Accepted our referral of our baby girls! 5/24/06 POA 7/01/06 I171-H (exactly 8 wk wait) 7/24/06 Updated pics! 8/10 - 8/13 VISIT our babies!! 9/21/06 FC interview done (just kidding, it's not done, our attny lied). 10/20/06 DNA AUTH (finally!!! after 3.5 months) 11/09 - 11/13 2nd VISIT planned!! 11/24/06 DNA test and FC interview scheduled (no surprise, they didn't happen 12/14/06 DNA test & SWI!!! 12/20/06 99% Match!! 1/29/07 Pre-Approval 2/1 - 2/5 3rd VISIT planned!! 2/23/07 In PGN!! (finally) 3/07/07 Leave to foster 3/13/07 KO #1 4/23/07 Back in PGN! 6/19/07 OUT! PTL! 7/13/07 GC BC's 716/07 Submitted for PINK 7/17/07 PINK!! 7/20/07 Visa Interview Appointment 7/24/07 HOME FOREVER!!! Please, please don't get stuck w/ my facilitator -- PM me.
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#11
04-13-2006, 08:27 AM
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We are still waiting for ours. It's been about 4 weeks now. We're in NJ. Our SW says it can take anywhere from 6-8 weeks to get back.
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#12
04-13-2006, 11:00 AM
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Too long... it was such a pain. I think it was nearly 5 weeks all said and done. Our dossiers were just sitting there waiting for it so that the homestudy report could be signed off.
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04-13-2006, 12:52 PM
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Hello, I live in CA it took me almost 2weeks in a half. I was also able to leave the DOJ a message that was very usefull. Good luck..
Lillian
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04-13-2006, 03:48 PM
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Ours took right at a month. Our home study social worker was able to call at the one month mark though and request at that point that it be moved through a little more quickly. We got the results two days later.
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