Now that we have our paperwork completed, we wait. 17 days. Yeah, just 2 1/2 weeks until our dossier submission date!
A number of people have recently asked "what does that mean?" and "what's next?"
So as we await our submission date, I thought I'd explain the next little bit of the process...
We have a facilitator in Ukraine (well, actually 2, but one of them will be handling this step of the process) who works on our behalf. She has our dossier (except for 3 documents that will be hand-delivered to her on Wednesday). She translates all of the documents and has them authenticated.
On May 6, she will go the SDA (The State Department of Adoption in Ukraine). She will take our dossier and hand it over to them.
The SDA will then take some time (right now it's usually 10 - 14 days) to review our dossier, to determine if it meets their requirements. If it does, they will assign us a date to come in for our appointment.
Our facilitator will return to the SDA and will receive notice of our assigned appointment date. At that time, we'll begin making travel plans!
If you have other questions about the process, post them here and we'll be glad to answer!
2 comments:
So cool to know about your process and how it compares to ours. When you go in for the appt, what will you do? Be matched? Stay for awhile? Come home with your child/children.
blessings!
Are you guys going to be in Kiev? We have a couple in our church that are moving there in about two months. I would love to put you in touch if you are ever going to be in the same area.
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