Well, it's not as exciting as our referral day or the day we will meet Neylan, but since there has been very little happening in our process since we got our referral, Tuesday was a big day. We received our legal paperwork!! It's always fun to come home to find FedEx envelopes at your door. We knew this one was coming, but it was still exciting. This is very important paperwork from Korea that we need to proceed.
It is the paperwork that tells us that Neylan is officially adoptable and his rights have been severed between he and his birth mom. I'm not sure why, but for some reason, it was a bit difficult for me to see the piece of paper that had his birth mother's name and fingerprint on it, where she had signed this perfect little boy over to be adopted because she was not able to care for him. She is giving us an incredible gift. I hope that she is able to experience the joy of being a mother one day and know that her first son is going to be well taken care of and loved unconditionally.
Basically, we took out the legal paperwork and put it in a different envelope with some other documents and sent it on to the immigration office. We applied for our I600 within this paperwork, which says that we are making a petition to classify this orphan as an immediate relative. It will take 2-4 weeks for this to be approved and then the rest of the process is up to Korea to complete. We are still hopeful to travel in late spring or early summer.
Doesn't Grayson look so excited to bring Neylan home?! He's going to make a great big brother (or bother)!
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