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.
Lilypie

Friday, January 23, 2009

Road Trip

Well, I have all the updated documents- notarized, copied, and ready for apostille. I Will be heading to Grand Rapids for the all important "great seal of Michigan" impressive gold seal on each document. Hoping for an uneventful drive and hoping I don't have to go all the way to Lansing. We just recently found out (from the seal lady) in Lansing (the last time we did this) that we can get the same service in Grand Rapids (much closer to home). so, hopefully I can get there early afternoon, get the seals, have lunch with my best friend and my mom, shop a little, then head back home in the knowledge that we may finally be making progress.
Keeping my fingers crossed and my hands folded in prayer.

3 comments:

The Gobble's (Lanetta) said...

yippee for progress!!!
Praying God's blessing on your dossier.... and welcome to the official wait!! Ha ha :-)
Have a blessed day!!!
Thinking of you always...
Lanetta

aultfamily said...

We're so excited for you to get this puppy off to translation and then to the embassy!

Have you started learning Russian yet? Ha! I came upon some phrases to learn and when I attempted to say them I realized how tricky it is going to be to communicate. Thank God for translators! :)

MaryAnn

AMIT said...

Congrats for your progress.So till now you must have visited the place?

Apostille info

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