Up Next: Visas, Apostilles, & Dossiers - May 20, 2006
As Monica posted yesterday, we received the amazing news that our Home Study is complete!
Now the Home Study needs to be sent off to Immigration so that we can get the pre-approval for an Immigration Visa for our child. This could take as little as 3 weeks or as long a 2 months, hard to say. Each state has their own office that processes these so it's just a matter of how fast they are and how much is on their plates.
The only other big thing we need to do to finalize our dossier is to send all of our documents to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia to have a certificate attached to it called "Apostille". We need this attached to each of our documents as a means to make these documents legal internationally for countries who are part of the Hague Convention , which Colombia is.
We are so amazingly happy about the progress we have made so far and how much closer we are to being united with our child. OMG, we have so much to do to get ready for a baby!!!!
Exciting, no?
Now the Home Study needs to be sent off to Immigration so that we can get the pre-approval for an Immigration Visa for our child. This could take as little as 3 weeks or as long a 2 months, hard to say. Each state has their own office that processes these so it's just a matter of how fast they are and how much is on their plates.
The only other big thing we need to do to finalize our dossier is to send all of our documents to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia to have a certificate attached to it called "Apostille". We need this attached to each of our documents as a means to make these documents legal internationally for countries who are part of the Hague Convention , which Colombia is.
We are so amazingly happy about the progress we have made so far and how much closer we are to being united with our child. OMG, we have so much to do to get ready for a baby!!!!
Exciting, no?
posted by John @ 12:20 PM
4 Comments:
At 1:04 PM, May 22, 2006,
amyjett said…
exciting, YES!!
:)
At 4:32 PM, May 22, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Wow! I can hardly wait! We are so happy for you both!
At 12:56 PM, May 23, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Congratulations!!! Stephen, Anabella and I are very excited for you. We can hardly wait until you both become parents!!!
Love, Melli
At 9:47 PM, May 24, 2006,
Anonymous said…
We are so excited and can't wait to meet the new little one. Hopefully your adoption process will continue with flying colors. It is amazing how much you all have to do and we are so proud of you guys for doing it!Love and Hugs to you both!
Sunny and Jamie McGann
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