Back home and apply for citizenship,passport, social security number and other two additional visits at 6-12 monthspost-adoption.
All you need to do now is bring your childback to his or her loving new home. In the US,if both parents meet the child before the adoption is final, he or she willautomatically become a U.S.citizen upon arrival. Otherwise, you will need to apply for your child'scitizenship upon your return, but that's the easy part - you've got a lifetimeof parenting ahead!
The CCAA requires two additional visits byyour social worker to confirm that the child and you are adjusting well. Thesewill entail detailed interviews and the completion of forms. Usually thesevisits take place at six and twelve months post-adoption. You will also need tosubmit photos your child in his new environment and apply for a social securitynumber for your child. You may want to get a U.S. passport for your child aswell. Additionally, many states require re-adoption done stateside. Check withyour agency to ensure your paperwork is completed.
1. When the CoC arrives, apply for SS Card, you have to go in person.
2. State Birth Registration-Procedures vary by state, it may be as easy as filling out a request. You may need to do a recognition or readoption. A state birth registration will never prove citizenship, but it does prove ID and DOB for your child and confirms you are her parent(s). They are relatively cheap, easy to get copies of.
3. Once you have the state birth registrations and COC you can then apply for a passport. Again, needing only her state birth registration and COC to apply.
If both you and your husband traveled China to getyour child (unless you’re single, of course), your Certificate of Citizenshipwill come in the mail about a month or so after you are home. After you had themail, then go to apply for the SS card, it will be so much easier that way. Youwill get the SS card in her/his American name, with her/his status as a UScitizen and be done with it.
Many people get this automatic mail within 30 days; count on 60-90 days,maximum. Definitely check with your local USCIS office if it doesn’t come by 60days.
You will get a certificate automatically. While many people get it within30 days, count on 60-90 days, maximum. Definitely check with your local USCISoffice if it doesn't come by 60 days.
Yes, you have to take originals to thepassport office (courthouse, post office, passport office) in person, with bothparents (or a notarized form). They only copy allowed is of your ID, and theywill make that copy or write down the information from the ID and sign theapplication form. Besides, it’s illegal to make copies of the CoC. Moreover,You will receive the documents back separate from the passport, so don’t panicwhen you get the passport back without the doc’s or the doc’s hack first.
You are advised to take CoC, ChinaBirth Certs, DD/DS China passports, your Passports, the adoption decree, thepictures. The made copies of all and kept the adoption decree from China and theCoC and then mailed those back to you in a separated letter from the passport.
If the dresses are really silk, and are asingle color, they can be hand washed in Woolite separately from other handwashables, hung up in the bathroom to dry, and then ironed.
Caution:
1. It cannot be washed with hot water, orthe color will fade.
2. You have to hang it up all the times, oryou will get wrinkles
3. Avoid the direct strong sunrays, or thecolor will get yellow and dark
4. Many so called “Silk” products are fake ones, they are cheap rayon.
