Today it felt good to make some progress. We got confirmation that the attorney we were hoping for has agreed to help us. We’ve been communicating with her via email and she’s been so great at responding to our questions. Another big bonus is that she speaks English. The first thing on the list was to confirm what items we need for our dossier. She told us not to send anything more than what was asked for on the Procedures of Adoption section of the Latvian Ministry’s webpage. There were some extra items that we had gathered so it was good to know this ahead of time so we didn’t waste money apostilling extra documents.
For those of you who may be interested, below are the items we’re sending as part of our dossier. We think we’ve narrowed the list down enough to match what the Latvian government requires. Let me add that this is only what we believe to be correct. We are by no means adoption experts, so don’t rely on this list to be exact but use it as a guideline. Next thing on the agenda is to get these items apostilled so we can send them to Latvia.
- Initial Application to Adopt a Child
- Home Study, including Agency License
- Verification of Residence
- Autobiography - Wife
- Autobiography - Husband
- Financial Statement
- Police Clearance - Wife
- Police Clearance - Husband
- Color Passport Copy - Wife
- Color Passport Copy - Husband
Through an email exchange with our attorney, we discussed each child’s situation. We confirmed that we will have to focus on adopting Kristine right now because Olegs is not yet cleared for adoption. So that means we'll have Kristine home before Olegs. Kristine is free for adoption and only needs to be cleared for international adoption. Her case should move rather quickly. Olegs, however, is not yet free for adoption so his case will take much longer. We knew this before we hosted him and we chose to host him anyway in the hopes that he would eventually be cleared. We believe that he will also be cleared but it will take time and patience. There is a lot of red tape involved but we are prepared to wait as long as it takes. In the meantime, we will write to both children and try to set up times to call them when they return from camp. They should be back at their childrens’ home next weekend. And of course we will continue to do lots of praying!!
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