We received our Notice Of Favorable Determination Concerning Application For Advance Processing Of Orphan Petition (otherwise known as our I-171H approval) from the USCIS today, so our dossier is mainly just waiting for our FBI background check to come back. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that performs a background fingerprint check and homestudy review in order to determine that we are mentally and financially stable enough to adopt internationally. The USCIS has approved us to adopt up to two children and they forwarded our advance processing application to the American embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan so the pre-approval will be there waiting until next year when we are in Kazakhstan preparing the exit paperwork.
The rest of our dossier papers are coming together rather quickly and it looks like our only hurdle will be with notarizing our medical exams. Since the adoption process might not get finalized until late next year, we need to make sure that every notary that we use does not have their commission expiring next year. Unfortunately for us, the only notary at the doctor's office has to renew their notary license next spring. We know of a traveling notary who we can use, but the hard part is really just getting a time that works for both the doctor and the notary.
We appreciate all of the wonderful comments that we have received over the past few days and we certainly feel your love and support. Take care everyone and have a nice weekend!
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