Adoption Process - Week 19 12/15/2004
I could practically have copied and pasted this post from Week 17…
Really, though, it’s good news: the documents which will complete our dossier are on their way to Kiev as of today! Yes, the FBI received our fingerprints on Friday and completed processing them on Monday. They were mailed from WV yesterday and received in AZ today. I can’t imagine the government of any other country in the world procssing official requests like that with such speed and efficiency! I then took the clearances along with letters from AZ DPS explaining the stupid laws we have here (ok, concession here, our country and states are far from perfect) and got them all apostilled by the AZ Secretary of State - I was in and out in under ten minutes and the cost was $3 per document. These items then all got stuffed (gently) into an International Fed-Ex shipment to Ukraine, which will take a few days to get there.
Assuming, hmm, that’s almost never a good thing to do, and something I’ve been doing far too much of lately, but assuming it is received when expected - namely Saturday - it should be submitted to the adoption center next week barring some freakish problem. So, please pray against any freakish problems, okay?
Woohoo! Documents are on their way! How totally exciting. . .
Just a head’s up–From late December through early January, lots and lots of businesses/gov’t agencies are closed for New Year (the biggest holiday here.) However, with the strikes and government blockades earlier this month, people may be working more than usual. University students are having an abbreviated winter break to make up for the lost time in early December.
But I’m so happy for you!
Thanks TG! I was in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1997 through the Christmas and New Year holidays. As I recall, the biggest celebration day was January 6, is that the case in Ukraine as well? It was interesting to see how they tried to copy the west at commercializing christmas and new year’s - but they weren’t very good at it. Have they gotten better?
Here, the biggest days are New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, with decorated fir trees, Dyed Moroz (Uncle Frost/Santa figure) and Snogorichka (the Snow Princess.) Lots of similarities to a secular Christmas celebration.
Yay documents!
Yay holidays!
YAY LT!!
I am so painfully excited for the two of you, I have to refrain from jummping up and down and clapping my hands in public, all while squealing like a little girl.
Yeah, so if you hear squealing at the store, look for me in the produce department.
yay!!