Yesterday was a huge day! We received our I-800A approval - specifically a 797C. This is the crucial paperwork from immigration (ours) that allows us to submit our dossier to Bulgaria and get on their waiting list, officially the Registry. There are three more "routine" steps: 1) Receive results of our 2nd HIV test - the 1st was 3 months ago. I could go on about the likelihood that adoptive parents are at that high a risk, but... 2) Send everything left (four documents, including a copy of the 797C) off to Raleigh for apostille - fancy for verify that we saw a real, commissioned Notary Public. 3) Send everything we've collected off to our agency for review and submission to their/ our partner agency, in Bulgaria for translation. Then, they submit it to the Ministry of Justice. Whew!
So, we're still pretty glowy! It took less than 2 weeks (not even business weeks!) to receive our 797C from USCIS after our fingerprint appointment. (and that was our 2nd fingerprinting too) And we got to do it here, instead of Charlotte! And quick, courteous, informative service... Just doesn't come close to lining up with our last experience, at any stage...
We are expecting something in the 18 month range from the actual registration with Bulgaria's MOJ. There have been a couple significant changes that may speed things up, but we are perfectly okay with it taking as long as it's supposed to. We only get to enjoy Tam solo for however long this takes.
So, enjoy the recent pictures of the boy (singular only for a limited time!):
woot!!! I owe you an email. Tomorrow :) xoxx love to you all.
ReplyDeleteawesome news!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad things are going smoothly, I agree things have seemed orderly and organized so far. I also agree that the whatever the wait it really does not seem so bad. I am enjoying the freedom from the paperwork and watching my kids grow!! Have a great night
ReplyDeleteCongrats. From everything I hear and read, it seems like USCIS has been pretty quick getting those I797Cs to people after fingerprinting.
ReplyDeleteWe are still waiting to hear back from Hopscotch/Vesta about the dossier translation being finished and the paperwork being submitted to the MOJ.
WOWSERS!!!! This is great news!!!
ReplyDeleteDid I ever answer your question that you wrote on our blog? Sorry if I didn't. I wasn't ignoring you. Have you heard anything yet about being registered with the MOJ yet? We're still waiting to hear. Hopefully soon. By the way, if I didn't answer you, we're with An Open Door Adoption Agency here in GA. How far from Northeast GA are you? We're real close to the border of everything-Franklin,NC, Clemson,SC, 2 hours northeast of Atlanta. Hope all is well!
ReplyDeleteLet us know when you are officially registered. Good luck with the couch to 5k there is also a podcast you can download which tells you the different intervals etc, and a facebook support group. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog;)
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