We received our I800 approval on November 20, and got the official letter in the mail November 24. Now we await the National Visa Center (NVC) to do something, then cable that to China. Once we have a letter saying they have done that, our agency will email the letter to China for our Article 5 to be dropped off with the US Consulate in China. It takes 2 weeks for that to be completed, then our paperwork is delivered to the China side and we await travel approval. It's getting so close!
As we wait, we're trying to raise some money to help offset our costs for travel and unpaid time off (for me) once we get home. Since Olivia is going with us, and Drew will likely be 2 when we bring her home, that will be 3 tickets over and 4 home. Plus hotel for 2 weeks in China, and we want to leave a few days early to stop in South Korea to show our families where Olivia is from. I've tried to estimate costs, but um...
If anyone can, we have a fundraising site on Adoption Bug - they have some awesome t-shirts and we get a percentage of the sales from our site. I'm also selling jewelry that I've designed (and some donated by my friend Teresa - those items are posted on Facebook at Chrisa West Jewelry. It all goes to help us travel and/or stay home. Thanks!
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