[lcikra00]

Hi,

It has been 1 year since my homestudy and October will be a year for my I171H. When do I have to renew all of this stuff? I am nowhere near bringing baby home so I want to make sure I know when Ihave to do these 2 things. Also do they need to be notarized, certified and sealed from the consolate? Thanks.

[DeeVee]

Your fingerprints expire 15 months after the date they were done. Your I171H expires 18 months after the date it was issued. Your homestuday is good for a year.

So, check the date of your fingerprints first. You can get refingerprinted using your still-current I171H. Then you will need a homestudy update to get a one-time extension on your I171H. Don't let your I171H expire; make sure you apply for the extension well before the expiration date. Hopefully, your child will be home before then

[kzwief]

Lesley, these things are coming up for us too. Our homestudy expires this month so we re-did that per our agency. They said we should have an up to date homestudy to take with us to our embassy appt. They said they have never had a family be asked for their homestudy, but it is better to be safe. Our fingerprints expire in November, but our agency says we should make our appt 3 months before they expire as CIS has been really slow here in Minneapolis. I think we will be ok on our I-171H as it does not expire until March, but I would check on that as well. Good luck!