We accepted an adoption referral for two girls from DRC this past month. On May 31st we decided to take a referral for a sweet girl on the waiting child page that tugged at our hearts. She is older than we had planned to adopt, but know God has bigger plans for our family than we have. We have been secretly kicking around the idea the past couple months of accepting two referrals, and decided to go for the second referral. About 2 weeks later we got a call about another referral for a sweet little girl that was with our same lawyer. Unfortunately we cannot share information or pictures on public sites for the girl's safety for awhile.
Our case is submitted to the courts in DRC. Once we pass court and are legally the girls' parents in the eyes of the DRC government we will be able to share some information and maybe even post a picture!
The court process will take 8-12 weeks, sometimes longer.
After court, we file our I600 which is the US process to declare the girls a close relative. After the I600, we have our investigation period, and then after that we can get the girls' visa and travel to pick them up.
So we still have a loooong way to go. Our estimated travel time is April-July 2014.
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