I've probably lost all my readers in this extended silence.
If I haven't, here's a quick update on our process:
NOC received.
Case submitted to court.
Shots near-completed.
Visa applications in New York (an office titled "TravelVisa Outsourcing." Alas, India outsources too).
Miss I can't wait to tickle LittleOne's toes.
Heather asked what's left?
Before we go:
Her case needs to be approved in court (this could take awhile).
We receive verbal guardianship approval and make travel plans.
Our state requires ICPC, so we make sure that's in place.
We receive written guardianship approval and travel!
While there:
We arrive, spend time getting to know one another, and after a few days travel in-country together to the US Embassy.
We submit I-600 and I-864. Embassy takes their time, checking her documents and comparing her picture and information to missing child reports to be sure nothing is amiss. We take her to an embassy-approved doctor, come back to the embassy, and they give the okay and give LittleOne a visa. In Ethiopia, dh had an Embassy appointment and an Embassy Day. It's going to take a bit longer this time.
ETA: We are one of the last of the I-600s. Families who applied after March 2008 will be 800-process families, and theirs will be a little different.
We come home:
Miss I gets to tickle her toes, and six months after we are home with legal guardianship, we apply to finalize in our county. Hooray!
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3 comments:
Just wondering, what are the steps left to be completed?
Oh, you're closer than I thought to meeting her (step-wise, if not time-wise). Yay! Thank you for listing it out.
International adoption always seems so complicated to little domestic me. It's like the reverse of the "grass is always greener" syndrome. :)
What makes it harder is that every process is different, so skills learned in Ethiopia are not transferable!
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