
The Infamous Dossier
For months I have pondered, dithered, debated and procrastinated about submitting my dossier. My reasons have been many and various but finally I am committed. Yesterday, I dropped my dossier off to my agency and met the very nice man who is trying to unite children with their forever families. I was very impressed with his sincerity in the short time I spent with him. I feel comfortable that he will do his best to see that my adoption is as problem free as possible. He actually thinks that our daughter should be home in time for the TAFRU reunion in August. I will cross my fingers but I’m not counting on it.
I am overjoyed that this document is FINALLY out of my hands! It took me three tries (a week per try) for my husband’s bank to get the correct form letter they would notarize. Even then, that letter did not include our account balances. The previous letter include our account balances but they would not notarize it. My bank on the other hand wrote out my letter as asked the SAME day I asked for it. No, sending back to corporate headquarters…Urgh! Can you tell I’ve been a little irked???
Every time I thought I had everything finished there would be some last detail that had to be dealt with. The final thing was when I took my documents in to be state authenticated ($10 per document in Oregon) and they would not authenticate eight of them. Yes, eight of them. I was feeling pretty balistic at that point. The documents were from two different notaries that didn’t sign their signatures exactly as they had on their original forms. One of the notaries was, of course, from my husband’s bank.
So, I went forth and got new copies of my documents signed. The next morning I went back to the state office for authentication. Seven documents got authenticated (Yeah!)…all but the document from my husband’s bank. This time she signed her name correctly but forgot to stamp the document with her notary seal. Can you believe it? So, one more time around and I finally got authenticated. Finally, off to Portland and the thing is finally out of my hands. At this point I just feel relieved that everything is finally done…I’m sure the excitement will come later : )
~Alisha
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