Friday, February 14, 2014

I-800 Approved!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am happy to report that we received our I-800 provisional approval letter in the mail today!  That means that we will be anxiously awaiting our letter from the National Visa Center, so that we can file for Olivia's visa!  (It typically takes about 2 weeks.)

If you are wondering what the letter says, the provisional approval states that our specific child qualifies as a Convention adoptee under law. It goes on to say that this approval as been given to the US Department of State, and that we may not obtain custody of her until the US has notified her country of origin that she is eligible for immigration.  (We had to send them the report from China stating that she was an orphan and some other medical items.)  Our names are on the form, as well as her Chinese name and birth date.  It's becoming a little more real now!  

I've been wondering all day today if they celebrate Valentine's Day in China, so what do you do when you want to know something these days?  You Google it, of course!  So, for all of you wondering….yes, they do celebrate Valentine's Day in China!  I wonder if they had a "party" at the orphanage…..???

I hope you all felt loved today.  Have a great weekend!
Jill


1 comment:

Susan said...

woo hoo . . . it's really becoming real now . . . we cannot wait !