I Received My LOI!!!

Today I received my LOI - Letter of Invitation to travel to Kazakhstan. I will be leaving next weekend, 2/23 or 2/24 for Almaty Kazakhstan. I have to be in Almaty on the morning of the 25th. I will be going to Issyk once I arrive in Kazakhstan and I will be there until March 13th. Issyk requires three trips, the first trip is about twenty days, then I come home and wait for my court date, once I get that I go back for two to three days. Then I come home once again and wait for the final processing to be completed, when I go back it is for three or four days, then we come home as a family. My heart is racing, I'm very excited and I can't believe how much I have to do before I go, but it's all good!

New Year, New Things To Come

Happy New Year! At this point I am still waiting but I am hoping that now that the holidays are over and everyone in the US and Kazakhstan government offices returns to work that things will start to move along. New Years Eve was very nice, I spent it with friends. When 2008 arrived I was thinking about how different this year would be for me, I look forward to the changes, the chaos, the noise, the exhaustion and everything else that goes with this. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

And the wait continues.....

My dossier is still at the Ministry of Education, it has been there for nine weeks now and it may be there for quite a bit longer. As December and January approach, many offices and the courts in Kazakhstan close down for holidays. They try to work it so that you are not traveling and waiting for the courts and offices to reopen. Timing is everything! Hopefully I'll hear something soon.

On To The Misistry of Education

I found out today that my dossier was moved from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Education on September 28th. (September 28th. just happens to be my Grandmother's birthday, so I know it's a special day.) CHI told me that the Ministry of Education will search a database and pre-select a child for me based on my dossier. Once they do – they will forward my dossier to the region where the child is and then we’ll start working on my travel arrangements. I'm moving along...

Still Waiting For My Dossier To Move

Six weeks ago today my dossier was registered in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kazakhstan. It hasn't moved yet but I've been told by my coordinator that it should be moving to the Ministry of Education soon, I hope so! Each phase seems to have a time frame and so far I seem to be on the long end of each time frame, I hope this changes as I move through the next steps. In the mean time I have been keeping busy painting rooms and trying to get things together for my travel. Hopefully I'll have an update on my dossier soon.

My Dossier is in Kazakhstan!

I received word today that last Friday August 24th. my dossier left the Kazakhstan Consulate and was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kazakhstan. It will spend about six weeks there before it moves again but this is a big step because it is now 'in-country'!

Consulate of Kazakhstan

On Friday June 29th. I received word that the translation of my dossier had been completed and that it had been sent to the Consulate of Kazakhstan in New York. This is very exciting, my dossier has taken on a life of its own now and its next stop will be Kazakhstan. While in the Consulate, my dossier will be checked again and registered. It will spend quite a while in the Consulate but once they are done, it will be on its way to Kazakhstan. Great News!!!