Or at least that is what I am telling myself.
In the last week of March we received our conditional approval from CARA to match with a child and were told that full approval would be granted no later that April 10th. It was on April 9th that our case worker received an email from CARA not granting us full approval but rather asking for eight additional documents.
Eight.
That is right, they needed copies of both my and Mark's passports, copies of both my and Mark's original birth certificates, 2014 taxes, family photos, and full medical evaluations for both Mark and me. Apparently CARA is requiring more paperwork to grant a CARINGS approval than they had in the past.
Oh well...
Thank goodness we had everything ready to scan and send off within twenty-four hours, before the weekend. Because we uploaded all the needed documents so quickly I still had hope that maybe we would receive our approval this week but after the email I received this morning it seems that will not be the case. Our case will now be reviewed the first week in May.
My guess is that because we did not have all the required paperwork in when our file was reviewed on April 9th, the full review was delayed till next month when all the documents can be reviewed together.
The good news is that we know that our file has been looked at and that it is not suck in a pile on someone's desk where it could easily be forgotten. Hopefully, come next month, we will have approval.
I had bought this Elephant beer to celebrate our CARINGS aproval, but fear not readers; beer is good for a night of commiserating with your spouse too.