After completing our Dossier for the Vladimir region, we decided after all to try for a different region (or orphanage) in Russia. Among the many reasons, somehow the Vladimir region is not working out so well right now due to government restrictions, etc. Needless to say, we needed to make a few changes to the paperwork for the new region, Omsk. So, I had to get changes made by my social worker, notarize them, apostille them, donate a kidney to them, offer up my first born to them, etc. etc. to get this thing FINISHED!
I UPS'd the paperwork to my agency along with copies to everyone else involved and am now awaiting #1 To make sure I did everything right, #2 My case worker to translate everything for the Russian government, and #3 For the agency to cash my next check (always a good sign).
We will await news to confirm that we are still "on-hold" for our 2nd choice orphanage in Yaroslav. (We were 13th in line, which translates to about 12 months, as of April.) And to see if we can get some kind of indication of our wait-time for Omsk. There really is no good guess at this point....somewhere between 3-9 months probably? Maybe? Hopefully?
Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Dossier Complete!
As of yesterday, March 31, 2009, we have completed and submitted our Dossier. The dossier is the full application package with all our information and lives scrutinized from birth to anticipated death! They know everything about us and anyone who might know us, so I'd be worried! :)
Luckily we should only have a few more months of waiting now. We anticipate the referral (or "match") to come sometime in the next 2 months.
In the meantime, we are still waiting on our Federal Background check to come back...I'm a little worried about Mike's wild days back in Louisiana :) so everyone say a little prayer for us.
All kidding aside, we do not anticipate any problems and will let you know when we have more news!!
Thanks for all your support.
Luckily we should only have a few more months of waiting now. We anticipate the referral (or "match") to come sometime in the next 2 months.
In the meantime, we are still waiting on our Federal Background check to come back...I'm a little worried about Mike's wild days back in Louisiana :) so everyone say a little prayer for us.
All kidding aside, we do not anticipate any problems and will let you know when we have more news!!
Thanks for all your support.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Finally...some Progress!
Although nothing has really happened in the past few months regarding the adoption, we are now going Full Speed Ahead as we have changed the Russian region we are now going through.
The new region, or city, is called Vladimir. It is closer to Moscow than the 1st orphanage and will have a significanlty shorter wait time. As it stands now in the original region of Yaroslavl, we are currently looking at another 14 months wait. With this newer region, we are probably going to have our new addition this summer!
Currently we have all of our Pre-File completed and are now ready to have everything apostilled in Austin. This is basically a state-level notarization. We may drive everything down there to get it done quickly, but we will have to see what Mike's work schedule looks like in the next week or so. After the Pre-File paperwork is apostilled, we will send to our case worker at the agency to translate and officially submit to Russia.
We have just received our "invitation" to be fingerprinted for the national background check. We passed the state background check with flying colors...but I'm not so sure about Mike's past life in Louisiana so we will see!! This is just one of the several things left to actually complete the Dossier (application to Russia).
Also I have finally found a certified psychiatrist to perform our MMPI-2 Tests, which will determine if we are free from bi-polar and other major psychiatric disorders. The psychiatric center is located right down the street and are on the very low end of the price range! We were scheduled to do that today, actually, but we are all home sick so it will have to wait until next week.
That being said, we are actually seeing some major progress. I've started to do more research on flights and hotels, etc. The region of Vladimir is so beautiful. I am anxious to see some sights when the time comes.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue on the journey ahead!
The new region, or city, is called Vladimir. It is closer to Moscow than the 1st orphanage and will have a significanlty shorter wait time. As it stands now in the original region of Yaroslavl, we are currently looking at another 14 months wait. With this newer region, we are probably going to have our new addition this summer!
Currently we have all of our Pre-File completed and are now ready to have everything apostilled in Austin. This is basically a state-level notarization. We may drive everything down there to get it done quickly, but we will have to see what Mike's work schedule looks like in the next week or so. After the Pre-File paperwork is apostilled, we will send to our case worker at the agency to translate and officially submit to Russia.
We have just received our "invitation" to be fingerprinted for the national background check. We passed the state background check with flying colors...but I'm not so sure about Mike's past life in Louisiana so we will see!! This is just one of the several things left to actually complete the Dossier (application to Russia).
Also I have finally found a certified psychiatrist to perform our MMPI-2 Tests, which will determine if we are free from bi-polar and other major psychiatric disorders. The psychiatric center is located right down the street and are on the very low end of the price range! We were scheduled to do that today, actually, but we are all home sick so it will have to wait until next week.
That being said, we are actually seeing some major progress. I've started to do more research on flights and hotels, etc. The region of Vladimir is so beautiful. I am anxious to see some sights when the time comes.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue on the journey ahead!
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