We are SOOOOO Close to finishing #1 & submitting our Dossier. Our facilitator believes we will be traveling this June :-)
1. Pre-approval process
This is a lot of notarized papers, police checks, including a social workers approval of our home and parenting skills, FBI approval and finally the Dept. of Immigration approval. At this point we are "approved" to adopt by American standards. We are HERE - and SO CLOSE ..... we are only waiting on the Dept of Immigrations approval --- and it should be here any day now :-) And we have everything else for the Dossier ready to go as soon as we get this approval.
2. The Dossier process
The Dossier is a "packet" of information. Including much of the paperwork and the approvals we received in step #1. We will send this to our Ukrainian facilitator (Kostya) and he will translate into native language and submit it on our behalf. Once "approved" to adopt by Ukrainian standards, we wait to get assigned a court date.
3. Travel and Court process
There are actually two court dates. The first we will both be present for and this is the "big" one. Than anywhere from 2-4 weeks later there is a follow-up court date. Only one of us is required to stay for this. And than we will be home with our boys :-)
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