Step Number LAST!!!

Wisly's passport was printed May 27th but we've been waiting to find out when our adoption case would actually enter the final stage, USCIS (US Immigration) at the Embassy in Port-Au-Prince.  We have some friends living in Haiti who are adopting two kiddos from Chances for Children.  Our two families have been essentially in the same stage together for several weeks.  Their file was submitted to USCIS on Tuesday May 31st.  We've all been hopeful that our file was submitted along with theirs.

Since I had not received any updates or confirmation from our agency, I decided to send an extremely brief email this morning to the Adoption Unit at the Embassy.  It can't hurt to just check, right? :-)

I was pleasantly suprised to hear back from them this afternoon!  It looks like our file was submitted on May 31st along with our friends' file!  Thank you, Jesus!

And to answer everyone's question,  "When do you get to pick him up?"... Hopefully by the end of July.  You see, the final stage is actually a series of steps, just like most of the adoption process.  It looks like this:

~Our adoption file/dossier is submitted to USCIS for final I-600 approval (They are saying 6 weeks for approval at this point.)

~After approval, our dossier is transferred to the Consular Section (DOS) of the embassy to issue Wisly's Visa appointment.  (We will get an email with instructions on filling out the DS-260 form online.)

~Medical documents are issued and Wisly's exit medical exam is completed.

~The creche staff attends the visa appointment on our behalf.

~We start planning travel with our agency!

~The visa is approved!

~The visa packet is taken to IBESR (Haiti Social Services) for the travel approval document.

~The IBESR travel document is issued.

~We travel to Haiti to pick up our boy!!!

Exciting times!!  Keep praying!!  We're almost there!!