So what does this mean? It means that we are eligible to adopt a child from her country within a set of parameters (age and sex of the child to be adopted). Of course Claudia is within these parameters. Her country knows that we want to adopt her specifically so now we are waiting on our official referral for Claudia specifically. According to our agency this could take 5-7wks (it takes a while to translate the documents). But we are praying it goes more quickly (the approval of our dossier was about a month quicker than expected).
Once we get the "official referral" we have 2 weeks to accept it. Our plan is to review it and accept the referral imediately. Once we accept the referral to Claudia we will need to fill out more paperwork, the USCIS I-800 form, which is the"Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative." That is currently taking about 3 weeks to be approved. The US gov. will submit out pre-approval to her country and then they will issue a letter authorizing that the legal adoption may take place which could take 2-3 weeks. Once we have the letter, we can then get ready to travel!
Our hope and prayer remains that we will be in her country this fall and home before Christmas. Her country shuts down for the holidays so if we cannot travel in the next few months, we may have to wait until next year to get her. Please pray for smooth proceedings from here on out and specifically that she will be home this year.
We still need about $14,000 to get her home the majority of this money is travel expenses. Please pray with us for God's continued provision financially. Advocate and donate for us if you can. We still have T-shirts for sale as well as bracelets. You can still purchase coffee to help us fund raise as well.
She is adorable !! Hope everything goes fast & well for you guys!
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