Immigration Approval

Hey friends! Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on our adoption.

Friday, May 20 we received immigration approval for our daughter to immigrate to the US! Hooray!

Unfortunately, we still need to have the immigration document certified and authenticated. This will take about five more weeks.

Wonderfully, this is the LAST piece of paper we need before our Dossier (huge pile of information on our family and all the things we have ever done in our lives) can be sent to China. Hopefully our Dossier will be in China the first week of July.

Once our Dossier is in China we wait for our referral, which is a formal way of saying our DAUGHTER and all her medical information and her photograph. We aren't exactly sure how long this wait will be. It can be 5-6 months or sometimes a little longer.

Once we accept our referral we have a bunch more paperwork to do before we can travel to China. Usually travel is 4-6 months after referral.

Thank you all for sharing in our joy and excitement. We do have a fundraiser planned for this summer that we are excited about and it is open to the public.

More information can be found here: Ice Cream Social Fundraiser

If at any time you feel led to give a donation you can message me for our address to send a check. Or we also have a YouCaring page which you can find here: Bringing Home Little Sister

Thank you, thank you!
xoxo,
Mama Hess