We Got Our Court Date Posted about about 7 years ago

After three years we finally have a court date in Belize: February 22nd! Once court is complete our attorneys will schedule visa interviews with the US Consulate in Belize. We will fly down prior to that appointment. Following the appointment we will be free to bring Saul, Diana, and Alex home!!!This has been such a long process. It's such a relief to have some finality to the process. Once hom...

Finally Some More Progress Posted about over 7 years ago

This weekend we received our Provisional Approval Notice from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services. Our file now moves over to the National Visa Center and the U.S. Department of State. Our attorneys are working with Department of Human Services in Belize so that our Article 5 gets approved, hopefully by early January. With the issuance of the Article 5 Letter, we will be able to schedule cour...

Our adoption just got updated to Travel Planned Posted about almost 8 years ago

ADOPTION UPDATE!Quite a bit has happened in the past few weeks. First, we were informed by Belize DHS they were approving our adoption! A couple days ago we were finally given permission to have contact with the kids!! On Tuesday night we finally got to speak with Melissa, the children’s home director, via telephone!!! Last night Melissa informed the kids that the adoption is being approved!!!!...

November 15th Update Posted about over 8 years ago

Our Belizean attorney has informed us that our paperwork is on the correct persons desk at DHS in Belize. Now we wait for them to look through it and issue their decision. 

Waiver of Contact Posted about over 8 years ago

October 21, 2017Our next goal is to get approval from Department of Human Services in Belize allowing us to have direct contact with the orphanage staff and the kids. We have not been able to have direct contact since we began this process in January of 2016. Our Belizean attorney informed us last week that our paperwork is in the hands of DHS, they just need to review it. She will be following...

Status of Paperwork (September) Posted about over 8 years ago

A quick update to let folks know exactly where we are in the process.Our homestudy was completed end of July. Our I-800a approval from USCIS (United States Customs & Immigration Services) was granted the end of September. (This is a requirement for international adoptions to prove that we are eligible to adopt.)Our Belizean attorney is starting our application to petition for adoption of th...

Upcoming Expenses Posted about over 8 years ago

Here is an update of our current and upcoming expenses:Paid Fees: To date we have paid a total of $13,165 for services provided.  $2,350 to our Idaho home study agency. $8,780 to our US attorney. $2,035 to our Belizean attorney. UPCOMING FEESBelize Attorney Fees: $4,000. If birth certificates do not confirm relation this would jump to $12,000. (We have paid the first $2,000.)US Attorney Fees: ...