Child of Prayer: Received Signature - now waiting for Court Date!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Received Signature - now waiting for Court Date!

Hello everyone! I am excited to report that we have received the final Minister of Justice signature for our adoption file, and our file has now moved to the Courts for the adoption proceeding to officially make our girl part of our family. Yay!

We are now waiting to hear when our court date will be scheduled. The agency is pretty sure it will be scheduled for this month, which means it is likely our girl will be home in America sometime in August. It is getting so close now!

Doing a happy dance.

4 comments:

Our Adoption Journey to Eastern EuropeJuly 10, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Congratulations!!
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UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 11:13 AM
Congratulations. Praying it happens soon now
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Jody FranksJuly 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Woohoo!!!
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PaulaJuly 10, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Such an answer to prayer!!! I am happy dancing along with you!!!!!!
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Adoption Timeline

07-05-12 Review waiting child lists, contact potential adoption agency

07-12-12 Submit agency application and initial international adoption application to agency

07-16-12 Official notice of approval of agency application

07-18-12 Begin working with Texas agency for home study part of process

07-18-12 Date Application filed with Bulgarian MOJ

07-26-12 Preliminary approval received from country for adopting 11-year old girl

08-24-12 Preliminary packet of information submitted to home study agency

08-28-12 Caseworker assigned for home study

09-10-12 Home Visit with social worker

09-25-12 Second visit with social worker at her office

10-10-12 Notification of Home Study approval

10-19-12 Home Study approval report in hand!

10-23-12 USCIS I-800 A application submitted

11-28-12 USCIS Biometrics Appt

12-08-12 Received in the mail the I-797 Notice of Action (approval) on the I-800A application.

01-04-13 Dossier received by agency in North Carolina

01-17-13 Dossier received by agency in Bulgaria

02-04-13 Entered in Registry with Bulgarian MOJ

02-06-13 Application considered by the International Adoption Council and approved.

02-25-13 Received notification of travel date for first trip

03-16-13 to 03-23-13 First trip to Bulgaria (meet Abigail!)

03-29-13 I-800 package delivered to USCIS

04-12-13 I-800 provisional approval date

04-20-13 Bureau of Consular Affairs notification letter of I-800 approval sent to Embassy in Bulgaria

04-30-13 Provisional Visa Interview (handled by Vesta in Bulgaria)

05-24-13 Article 5 Letter Submitted to MOJ

07-04-13 Received MOJ Signature (approximate date)

07-13-13 Received notification of Court Date

07-22-13 Court Date!

08-08-13 Court decree issued by the Judge

08-16-13 Travel to Bulgaria

08-19-13 Gotcha Day!

08-30-13 Return Home from Bulgaria, Abigail becomes an American citizen