Our Adoption Story

We received the care package from the embassy on April 5th with all of our forms (correct and incorrect). The person who handled our initial submission enclosed lots of great information. Outlined below are a few points for consideration:

• When sending a cashier’s check from your financial institution of choice, ensure that the check contains the routing number and the full account number on the bottom. The DoS will not process without all this information. (Navy Federal Credit Union and others do not include all this information on their Cashiers’ Checks)
• Ensure you have you finger prints documented on the proper form. In our case, Lisa’s finger prints were taken on base by Base Security and they immediately sealed the forms in a manila envelope for security. This added measure prevented me from viewing the forms and QA’ing them before they were sent off. In this case, the Embassy does not require this measure.
• Have some one experienced take your fingerprints. In the case of my fingerprint cards, there were several unacceptable prints which the embassy rejected.
• Contact the Embassy and see if they prefer you to show up in person. The embassy would prefer that applicants appear in person to file their forms. In our case, we can either arrange for an appointment in Tokyo, or Okinawa. We are choosing Okinawa as my job take me there regularly.

I hope this helps. We will keep you updated on our progress as we find it.

-John

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