U.S. Paperwork
Here's the rundown on Jonathan's current document work for Kola:Monday, October 13
Our lawyer in Kirovohrad received Mikola's Ukrainian passport through "passport mail"(we could never figure out exactly what that means). The lawyer then sent the passport back to Kyiv via train or bus.
Once we knew that the passport was in hand, Jonathan telephoned our travel agent in Florida to get travel arrangements finalized.
Tuesday, October 14
Fairly early this morning, Jonathan took Mikola for his physical, and the doctors completed all the medical paperwork required by the U.S. embassy. An important part of this exam is compiling a detailed list of Mikola's immunizations.
In the afternoon, Jonathan and Mikola attended their appointment at the U.S. embassy. They applied for Mikola's visa, although it's more accurate to say that they continued his application. Jonathan and I did a lot of advance work on this in Chicago, covering all topics that pertained to us as parents.
The consul in the U.S. embassy also interviewed Jonathan about his adoption experiences during his time in Ukraine. The embassy uses information from adoptive parents to update the adoption portion of their website. Their work has helped me, for the embassy website has been a daily destination for me for years.
posted by Stahlkes @ 1:00 PM
2 Comments:
Things should be coming to a close in Ukraine. Hope you are all reunited soon. Sounds like things are finally moving along.
Tammy
Would you mind explaining what this means:
"Jonathan and I did a lot of advance work on this in Chicago, covering all topics that pertained to us as parents." as pertains to the Visa. We are traveling Nov 23 so gathering as much information as possible. Congratulations on the adoption - how wonderful for the kids to be all together after all this time.
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