We now have provisional approval from US immigration that Thomas meets Hague criteria. They then send their approval to the US State Department who then gets a say on the approval as well. Then when we have approval from the NVC (National Visa Center of the US State Department), we can apply for Thomas' Visa. One of BAAS' contacts in China already has our Visa application for Thomas, DS-230, but I need to e-mail the approval from the NVC. All these steps are very confusing. Can someone explain why US immigration is part of Homeland Security yet Visa's are issued by the State Department? Thomas' Visa application will take a couple of weeks for approval and then an Article 5 letter is sent to the China Center for Welfare and Adoption. Then we wait for travel approval. Still hoping to travel in late September.
We have also sent applications for John and I, Grama and Mom to the SF Chinese Consulate. We should be getting them back in the mail by the end of the week. Grama is now committed. She even made an appointment with her doctor to get all her immunizations updated. I may be a nurse but I don't want anyone to become ill on our trip. John still needs to get his whooping cough and we both need Hepatitis A.
Two Sundays ago my friend Ann assisted in finding some items for Thomas' room We went to the used book store and relived our own childhoods through our favorite children's books. I bought a pile. We then visited a couple of antique stores and I found a small dresser/side table. I would never find the same quality for as good a price for new.
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