Wednesday, July 23, 2008

whatevs...

so NOW we have to have our entire home study redone. everything. police background checks, physicals, employment letter and financial records, dcf clearances - EVERYTHING.

what REALLY makes me mad is this is OUR GOVERNMENT! you would expect this kind of behavior, this kind of detrimental bureaucratic bullshizz from a third world country, not from our gov. i did all your stupid paperwork, paid all your stupid fees. now my children, who have my last name and passports that say they are my chidlren, can;t come into the country because you want to friggin steal MORE money from me? isn't that what taxes are for?

what makes this worse, is that not everyone that adopts has to go through this. apparently, immigration laws (re: adoption) are different in every state and can even differ from adoption agency to adoption agency. for instance - homestudies in the state of florida must be fully updated (that's everything we have to go through right now at the cost of $500 plus physicals and background checks and fingerprints for a grand total of about $800) every 12 months. now to be clear - there is no country on the planet that processes adoption faster than 12 months. so, for anyone adopting in the state of florida, you are guaranteed to be milked at least twice. prices even differ between agencies. one agency wanted to charge me $1200 for the update (in other words, just for them to type up the new info) and $250 extra because we needed it expedited. SERIOUSLY? shouldn't there be some sort of regulation put on these people? there are regulations preventing gas stations from hiking up the prices during hurricanes, but no regulation on completely taking advantage of a life altering,emergency situation such as this? my children, legally mine, are stuck in a third world country and can't come home until this paperwork gets redone and you are seriosuly gonna sit there and say you need $1450 just to coax your fingers into remembering how to use the keyboard? honestly, doesn't that border on - dip into the genre of - enabling/contributing to - human trafficking - in a way? i know its a stretch, but think about it.

i digress. something needs done, but where to start? i guess i have to start with bending over......