Finally, It Arrived!

Hi all,
After checking the mail day after day, the I-797 Immigration Form (i.e. the document from Homeland Security giving us the thumbs up to adopt) finally arrived yesterday. We got about 8 documents notarized today and now we are onto the next step...Monday we will fax the whole package to the agency and they will review the documents for accuracy. If everything is acceptable, the agency will send us a letter. Then, it is off to Harrisburg to have the documents authenticated by the state of PA. After that, the Vietnam Embassy in D.C., then the documents go back to our agency, and, finally, the agency will send everything to Vietnam.

We recently received an update on the status of adoptions from Vietnam through our agency and here it is (we are 1 of the 9 families working on their applications)...

· 10 families on the waiting list
· 9 families working on their applications, home studies, or dossiers
· 11 families waiting for referrals
· 4 families waiting for travel
· 4 families who have come home with their children

We can't wait to move up to the "waiting for referral" category!