I have been hoping that we would receive the girls passports any day. It's been over 6 weeks since we exited MOI and passport application is normally done quite quickly after that, so we were hoping to have those and article 23 done any day. Well, yesterday we received copies of the girls' applications for passports. Not copies of their issued passports, just copies that the application had been done... and it was only dated the day prior (February 19th). I felt sad that we weren't as far along as I had hoped, but at least we had concrete confirmation of where we are in the process. Just having information goes a long way. Now we just pray that there aren't any paperwork issues or hang-ups in issuing their passports! And as an added bonus I got to see their cute faces! It's amazing how much alike they look!
While we are waiting for passports to be issued we just need our orphanage to provide supporting documents to our agency's rep so he can apply for our article 23. Once that is done we can issue paperwork for required medicals to be done. Hopefully that can be completed while we wait for passports because those are the three things needed to apply for visas to bring the girls home! (article 23, medicals & passports)
So, if everything went smoothly (which one can't hold their breath for in this process), and if passports only took the projected 2 weeks, and if we get the article 23 and medicals done while we wait for passports, and if their visas go quickly, and if it is safe to travel... IF all those things happen I'm thinking that we'll be bringing the girls home the second week of March? Time will tell...
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