So, Sunday I decided I would cook a Colombian meal to try to bring us some long-awaited good news on our adoption! I put on some Juanes and cooked frijoles Paisas, rice, chicken kabobs and patacones with aji and guacamole. It was muy rico and good news followed...
We found out on Monday that our agency had finally received the last bit of documents we needed from ICBF. I thought we would get the referral by Monday of next week but our case worker emailed on Wednesday to say that she was issuing the referral that day!!! I happened to already have the paperwork we need to file with USCIS for Jhonatan's visa, the I-800 and I-864W filled out and printed (shocking, I know).
So...a quick trip to the bank for some notarizing and a cashier's check and all of our referral paperwork was complete and Fedexed to our agency. They received our paperwork today and our I-800 was either mailed out today or will be tomorrow.
What happens next?
The short answer is that it will take 2-3 weeks to receive provisional approval from USCIS, which will then be cabled to the embassy in Bogota. They will issue what is called an Article 5 letter which lets ICBF know that we are ready to travel. Our agency rep in Colombia will talk to ICBF and arrange a date for us to be given Jhonatan in Medellin. Our case worker said it is very possible that we will travel in 5 weeks!!!!
I finally feel like we really are going to get our sweet boy!
Here's a little Juanes so you can catch your own Colombian vibe....
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