[GuatMommy2Be]

We were planning to walk our application in, we have made 3 dates to take everything in and well, something always came up. So I am just going to stop wasting time (a month is already wasted) and send it. I have all of my documents + home study ready to go. How long does it seem like it will take? On the local line to call it says 3-6 wks from the date they have all documents. Does that include fingerprints?

I even contemplated driving the 4.5 hrs to Pittsburgh to have it done. LOL! I don't think they do our county though!

[kjhoopin]

I have been waiting four weeks. It seemed like people were getting the 797C (171H) in just under four weeks when I sent my homestudy in.
I would just send it in. You can fed-ex it there and you should get the letter to go for your fingerprints pretty quickly. You don't need an appt to go for fingerprints. You just need the letter.
I think it takes 30 days to process the fingerprints, but that would put you at four weeks anyway.

Unfortunately, we are stuck with the Phila office. I wonder if we should have moved to the other side of the state before we began the process.

Good Luck,
Kendra

[rrrajan]

we live 1/2 hr from the office but i mailed the stuff in the first time (took 4 weeks) and we got the fingerprint appt within 2 wks.

we just redid the hs etc as all expiring and i mailed the new app in today, too. expecting 4 wks.

[sfalone]

HI,

Last year when I was waiting for the Philly office it took us 8 weeks to get our approval.

Now I am waiting for our son's corrected CoC (name change), once again from the Philly office and they told me the processing time is 18 months!!! Yes you heard me correctly. I am still in disbelief.

Stacy