Approval

Yesterday we received our approval letter from the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services to adopt a child from Bulgaria! The letter says, "After reviewing your Form I-800A, the home study, and all the other evidence that you have submitted, as well as the results of the biometric fingerprint record checks conducted on you . . . USCIS has determined that you meet the eligibility and suitability requirements as the adoptive parents of a child who will be adopted under the Hague Convention." Now we can finish compiling the rest of the documents we need (we had to wait because some of them have very short expiration periods) and send off our dossier to Bulgaria.

We've been on this journey for just over 7 months, and it seems like we've hit some type of snag at every point along the way. Here's hoping (praying!) that the next part is much quicker and smoother!  We've also applied for several different adoption grants, and we should be starting to hear the replies from some by the end of June. Thank you all for your continued prayers!