After 26 agonizing days of wait, it's here! This still sets us back about a week by being so late, but that's one more hurdle that we've cleared. What next, you ask?
When our Dept. of Homeland Security officer processed and approved our application and gave us 'provisional approval' she also sent a copy of this official form to the NVC (National Visa Center) by express mail (we hope!). Once the NVC receives our approval letter, they will upload it into their computer system. After that happens, they will "cable" (aka email) our information to the US Embassy in Guangzhou, China. This is the USA's final "OKay" to accept Elliott as a United States citizen after we officially adopt him while we are in China, and it is at that Embassy that we will take our oath and adopt him. Once this "cable" has been completed, they will notify us that it has been completed.
What this boils down to:
1 week to get NVC cable
1 week to get NVC letter
2 to 3 weeks for our "Article 5" (consulate pre-approval your Elliott's immigrant visa.)
2 to 3 weeks for travel approval from Chinese government.
We hope to travel about 2 weeks after we receive that date, if at all possible.
So in 6 to 8 weeks, we will be packed up and ready to go get Elliott!
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