Possible Delay and/or Region Change

Yesterday we received news from our agency, Adoption Ark, that although our paper work was received in Aqtobe, that region now may have a wait of a few months. So this was obviously a bit of a downer.

But we really do feel AA and Alla are doing their best on all of this for us and the situation will resolve itself. We are adjusting our expectations on travel times to be a bit farther out now (May or June?), although honestly we wouldn't be shocked, given the uncertainty of the entire process, to get a surprise call in April saying for us to come right away. Seems you just never know what to expect with this process.

Good news though is that Alla, our coordinator, is traveling to Kaz on 3/31 and will be there for a week or two. At that time she will meet with regional adminstrators from both Aqtobe and Ust-Kamenogorsk, a different region in the far East of Kaz. There is a chance that we may be able to switch to that region, where Alla feels that the timeframe might be shorter. So - we therefore look forward to getting more clarity in early to mid April when Alla makes here trip to Kaz.


We are still pushing ahead with paperwork so we're ready to go, just in case we go sooner rather than later.

Until next time,

-Dan, Allison & the boys

Paperwork continued...

We received our updated I-171H today with updated fingerprints, so we won the battle with USCIS. Good Grief. Also we've had another round of checkups and made sure immunizations have been taken care of or are in the process.

Our paperwork should now be with the Aqtobe regional ministry now. We still anticipate travel in May or maybe as soon as April. As Allison says, we are "trying to balance our excitement with our nerves."

-Dan