About Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is in central asia. It was once part of the Soviet Union. It is nestled to the south of Russia and northeast of China. The national language is Kazakh but the common language spoken is Russian.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

New Hope

Hope springs eternal!
Today, we have a new president! I prayerfully hope for a very successful and safe administration. I know nothing will happen quickly and maybe things will get worse before they get better, but isn't that the nature of so many things.
I was able to watch the entire swearing in ceremony and was moved by the power of president Obama's words.
I have hope for so many things, including our adoption. I have all the documents updated and ready for apostille, then send to AA. Perhaps with prayers and hope and a bit of luck we will expand our family this year (maybe before winter next).
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1 comment:

Kim said...

Amen!!!

Here's to good news soon! For you and the country!

Kim

January 21, 2009 at 7:16 PM

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Timeline to Kazakhstan

  • July 28, 2009: Gotcha Day
  • June 17, 2009: Court in Ust-K
  • May 21, 2009: left for Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • May 7, 2009: received LOI and region assignment to Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • March 12, 2009: dossier approved and sent to Kazakhstan
  • Feb. 26 2009: dossier sent to Kazakhstans DC embassy
  • Jan. 23 2009: updated documents apostilled and fed-ex'd to AA
  • Jan. 20 2009: received FBI clearance
  • Jan. 7 2009: Re-did the Re-do of the FBI fingerprinting (Kari) and sent for clearance
  • Dec. 19 2008: Re-did FBI fingerprinting and sent for clearance
  • July 11: Dossier authenticated and Fed-ex'd to Adoption Ark.
  • June 21: received I-171h
  • April 19- received fingerprinting notice in the mail
  • Feb. 13 went to Sherrif dept- got black fingers (fingerprinting) for FBI clearance
  • Feb. 8: received dossier packet via email from AA (Adoption Ark)
  • February 6: mailed contract and initial paperwork
  • 2008