Journey of a Lifetime: I600A approved!!!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

I600A approved!!!

After only 2.5 weeks we got our immagration approval today! They told us 4-6 weeks so I was shocked when I got the email today from my agency that we were approved. And then I got home and it was in the mail waiting for us. We will be getting it notarized tomorrow and dropping it off in Boston to be aposilled. We should have the completed dossier into our agency by the begining of November and should definately be on the waiting list for Russia by Thanksgiving. We are so excited!

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JackieMacD said...: Fantastic news! Isn't it amazing when things actually happen faster than you expect. We can't wait to meet your little one someday soon. XO; October 28, 2007 at 12:44 PM

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6/7/08 - Home with Aaden
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5/31/08 - Leave for trip #3 to Russia
5/21/08 - Home for the 10 day waiting period
5/20/08 - Visit Aaden & court hearing
5/17/08 - Leave for trip #2 to Russia
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4/4/08 - We find out all our paperwork has been submitted to the Bryansk courts and nothing else has been required
3/21/08 - We are back home to start the waiting process again.
3/19/08 - We petition the court in Russia to start the adoption process of Aaden
3/18/08 - We meet our son Aaden for the first time!
3/15/08 - We leave for trip #1 to Russia
3/12/08 - We get a blind referral to travel to Bryansk in 3 days!
2/18/08 - Dossier is moved to Bryansk Region
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12/4/07 - Russian Orientation Class to learn about our trip :)
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10/10/07 - Finish Russian dossier paperwork & get it all notarized. Now we are just waiting to get the fingerprints back to send it all to be apposilled.
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