We received the final travel packet from CHI with an updated checklist of papers to take with us, tipping guide and important paperwork.
A possible snag, though, is that we have not yet received written confirmation from USCIS that our fingerprints were updated and cleared by the FBI. The travel coordinator at CHI told me over the phone that written confirmation is not needed, but the checklist says it is. So, just in case, we called our Congressional representative's office yesterday afternoon and they will lean on USCIS to get us that paper.
We have already scheduled Xiao-Ling's formal conversion to Judaism at a mikvah (a Jewish ritual bath) in Teaneck for December 17, the Monday after we get home. We have also scheduled her public naming at our temple for Sunday, January 20, the day before Martin Luther King's birthday.
13 days to go...
A possible snag, though, is that we have not yet received written confirmation from USCIS that our fingerprints were updated and cleared by the FBI. The travel coordinator at CHI told me over the phone that written confirmation is not needed, but the checklist says it is. So, just in case, we called our Congressional representative's office yesterday afternoon and they will lean on USCIS to get us that paper.
We have already scheduled Xiao-Ling's formal conversion to Judaism at a mikvah (a Jewish ritual bath) in Teaneck for December 17, the Monday after we get home. We have also scheduled her public naming at our temple for Sunday, January 20, the day before Martin Luther King's birthday.
13 days to go...
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