Saturday, August 23, 2008

List of Items Needed to Leave Russia!

So I have recieved and email today with some information about what we need to bring in order to exit the Country and Embassy Costs. INFO as Followed:
I-600A
Copy of passports
I-171H
Employment Letters
Pay stubs

Embassy Costs:
$400 for childs visa
$545 for processing visa of adopted child
$150-250, childs exit medical exam by U.S. Embassy Physician
$100 childs foreign passport and visa photos
$75 to Register child with the Russian Consulate

Then just info on where we can stay in Moscow. It might be the Marriott. It says theres a TGI Fridays there and an American Diner , also a fried chicken place. Yay!
So not the referral we were looking for, but information is better then nothing at all. Will post when more is known!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

I-171H

Finally the main immigration form we were waiting on, to let us travel to Russia (when the time comes) is here! So now we are just waiting for a referral. Who knows how long it will be. But I will soon contact our agency about who they recommend as far as and International Adoption doctor. So David and I can get all the info we need to prepare ourself's on what to look for, as far as understanding our future child's health. So he can give us insight on what to look for, whats normal. Our main issue is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Also malnutrition and under - development. So I will try and do my research, also get input from my adoption - girls on IVFC. But I hate that I don't get towrite much on here. I wish there was more going on.

I can say that David, my younger brother Dennis, my FIL- Dave, and I went out for a joy ride in the jeeps yesterday. It was alot of fun. Then late last night, it was nice and cool out so we took our jeep out for a ride to Wal-Mart. I think the most fun David and I have is when we take the jeep out to our favorite seafood place, and go to the beach at low tide as the sun goes down, and just walk in the water with our shoes off, or look for sea shells. If we make that a regular thing, we just might pass this waiting time, with little thought and stress!