The US Consulate in Guangzhou China has now issued us an Article 5 letter which states that we can take legal custody of Danielle and become her adoptive parents. Thank you! This Article 5 letter has now been sent to the Chinese Adoption Authority in Beijing. When they get it, they will confirm our file is complete and they will issue us our TRAVEL APPROVAL!! This is the last step before we leave to go get Danielle!!
We could receive this as early as next week, but probably the week after!! Once we get this approval, we can book our tickets. We have been looking at tickets, and prices are SCARY. Nothing like trying to fly last minute during the Asian trade show and the fall festival time in China. Yes, we are going to be sitting in the back of the plane, maybe on the lap of the flight attendents! Greg is trying to get comfortable with either - A.) flying 15 hours in coach (which is the less likely of the choices), or B.) using a large portion of his Frequent Flyer miles to upgrade to business class. Here's hoping for a nice slice of FF pie for me too!
The Article 5 is the entire complete package required by the Hague Convention to adopt internationally. I have no clue why they call it the Article 5, and honestly I am too immersed in studying attachment theories for older children and trying to find good Mandarin/English flash cards to look up the history of the Hague Convention! All I care about is one more milestone down, one last big one to go!!!
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