Happy 4th of July to everyone! I'm dreaming of the day when our daughter will become an American. However, that won't even happen right away when she first arrives on American soil. That is because Thailand is one of those countries which will not allow the adoption to be finalized in their country. We have to wait for six months. During those first six months, technically, our child will be under the custody of WACAP. So, we are only granted guardianship of our child. So, six months after she comes home we'll need to take Penny to a Thai consulate to have the adoption approved by the Thai government. And then it will be finalized in court in Denver after that. Right now we're planning on going to Chicago to get the Thai approval. Our choices were Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Well, since I (Chandra)lived for five years in Chicago and it is in the Midwest, we thought that would be the most logical choice. This will certainly be a long process. But, in the end, I'm sure it'll all be worth it. Above is the American flag and below is the Thai flag...
Whoopee! We just got the e-mail from Andrea saying that she mailed off our dossier to Thailand today. It should arrive in Bangkok this Saturday. That means it didn't spend very much time in the U.S. capitol, as we were told it would take the feds 2-3 weeks. I think it only ended up being about a week and a half. Yeah, maybe the Thailand government will speed things up, too.
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