Everywhere I go these days, people are asking me whether we've received our travel date yet. I think people know that we were supposed to travel sometime around now, but they're not sure when...so here's the deal on our travel date, in a nutshell:
Our paperwork was submitted to the appropriate government authorities on March 29. Before they reorganized (before Feb. 1), it only took a couple weeks from paperwork submittal to acceptance and a travel date. Since February 1, it has been taking about five weeks, give or take a week. The office processes five-year-old special needs children for international adoption on Thursdays. That means we would be most likely to receive our travel date next Thursday or May 3. We are expecting May 3...and are aware that it may be even later than that, given that they have a couple major holidays around that time.
Once the paperwork is officially accepted, the travel date is usually about two to three weeks later (usually closer to two weeks).
That means that if nothing goes wrong, we can expect to be traveling around May 20. We'll be there for three weeks and back in early June. In the meantime, there is still plenty to do to prepare...next up: in the next few days, I hope to begin making our "photo album" (a very simple overview of our family and friends and home) to show Alex and the various officials over there.
Thanks for your continued support!
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