The good news: We got an email from Kay at our agency and she said that we don't have to worry about getting Gracie home before her birthday. In fact, she contacted Jane (our 3rd social worker) to clarify the regulations. We also found out that our documents have been sent to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and we should be given a court date within 20 to 30 days! Then, according to Bulgarian law, Gracie will be ours 7 days after court. We just can't pick her up until the US government sets up the Embassy physical and interview and we get the visa and passport. Usually parents travel within 6 to 8 weeks of the court date. Her age shouldn't matter because they expect her to be home before the end of the year anyway. We are still hoping for November!
The bad news: We got the final documents for post placement, fees, etc. and a copy of the 17C. Well, they did correct the spelling of our name in most of the 17C document, but not all of it. And, another document that was translated from the Ministry of Justice, The Certificate, has our name spelled wrong on it, too. Somehow, the translator thinks it is Duhnam...I sent off another email to Daniel about the errors...We can see from following our FedEx account that TOL, our agency, just FedExed some documents to Bulgaria this week ($45) and my guess is that they will have to be redone and re-sent. Please pray that it can be fixed swiftly and does not delay our court date. I really don't want to get to the Embassy appointment and have all of the documents denied because they don't have our names spelled correctly on them!
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