Our case was submitted to the US Embassy!
This was in our email this morning!
Dear Bowen family :
Congratulations! Your adoption case has been submitted to the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Your authorized agent, Adoption Avenues , submitted the case to us on May 21,2012.
It has only been 2 weeks and 4 days since we passed court and you became a Bowen!
It is normal for it to take 3 to 6 weeks after you pass court to submit to Embassy.
We still do not know when we are coming to get you but it is getting close.
So what does this mean? and why are we so excited?
First the Embassy will look at our case in the next ten business days. At this point they will let us know if our case is clearly approvable. If it is "not clearly approvable" our paperwork will be forwarded to the USCIS Field Office in Nairobi, Kenya. This higher level will be able to clear Grace Yeabsira. Since the sweet little Bowen was abandoned we are expecting this step.
Once we are clearly approvable we will schedule our interview at the embassy and we will hop on a plane and come get you!
There is no way to know how long this will take. It could be a couple weeks or a couple months. We of course are praying for the shortest but preparing for the longest!
Either way this is the last step and soon Baby girl will be home with us!!
1 comment:
So happy that the next step has been taken to bring you home. We're all one step closer to meeting you. I know that your Mom and Dad can't wait until you are forever in their arms!
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