Sending in our Dossier Posted about over 7 years ago

We have all we need (finally!) for our Dossier! A friend is going to the US next week and will mail all our papers to our agency. At that time, a $3,400 fee is due. Once that is paid, they will begin notarizing, and putting it all together. When it's put together they will send it to Bulgaria, where they will translate the papers for us. Once translated, it will head to the Ministry of Justice ...

Compiling our Dossier...and a grant awarded! Posted about over 7 years ago

We are currently waiting for USCIS (immigration services) to approve us. This will be our last step before we turn in all our paperwork to our agency. They will compile our Dossier (big stack of papers) to send to Bulgaria where it will wait for a match. This match could be months or it could be up to 5 years or more. Our agency seems to think it will be less than 2-3 years for a match based on...

Home Study COMPLETE! Posted about about 8 years ago

We are so excited to announce that our home study has been completed and approved! This is a huge milestone we have been working toward for several months! Yay!We are now working towards compiling our Dossier. This is the big chunk of paperwork that goes to the Bulgaria Ministry of Justice (MOJ). We are keeping busy with applying for grants and creating art to sell (check out our etsy shop: www...

Next Step Home Study Posted about over 8 years ago

Thanks to you and your generosity, we were able to pass the first financial hurdle today! Combining your donations with money we've saved, we were able to pay for our family assessment fee and first two post-adoption reports. We now are waiting for our home study in the next three months. We will keep you updated!

Our first financial deadline Posted about almost 9 years ago

Between fees for our agency, attorney, home study, and the like, it will cost $35,000 to bring our child home.  Fortunately, this cost is spread throughout the process. We will keep you updated when deadlines are coming up and celebrate when we reach specific goals. Our first important one is coming up at the end of March. In order to begin our home study, we must pay our family assessment and ...