Have 171-H, Will Travel

We arrived home from our first day of classes to find a delightful treat... our 171-H!!! What does that mean, you ask? This is the early approval from CIS to bring an orphan back into the U.S. After we are matched with a child, we then contact CIS again and they will issue a travel approval to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam for that child. This allows us to get Addison's visa to return to the U.S. Without this, we are unauthorized to adopt an orphan from overseas. This piece of paper takes about 2 months to get, so we are thrilled to finally have it in our hands.

We also received some pieces of the dossier back from various sources. These aren't as exciting as the 171-H, but each piece is vital to completing the process. We've been grinning from ear to ear since we got home. Woohoo!!!