[cathvash]

I have been PLAGUED by the homestudy demon... Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong (It's taken 3 months to schedule, I had the "dead lizard" incident on the actual visit day, and Friday, the Social Worker "left" the agency, and my Homestudy is 99% ready to notarize and send out!!) I am going to be optimistic that they will locate and finalize my documents this week. So, on to the I-600A:

1. With Accreditation question marks all over the place, I am wondering if I HAVE to specify an agency before they will approve me. I actually sent this in already, and put "to be determined" in that space. Can I leave it like that in case I have to switch agencies later this summer?

2. I put 18 months to 3 years for the age...What if I received a referral for a 3 1/2 year old? Would that be okay, or would it be considered beyond my specified age range?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[kretzklan]

I don't know about the agency - although it that is OK, it's a brilliant idea.

But the age would have to be fixed if you accept a child outside that range. I've heard of others who have had to do this...but I don't know what they did!

[his,mine&ours]

Do you have John Macleans book? It has the specific wording to put if you don't have an agency. If you don't have it, I'll go find mine, just let me know.