I-171!

NOTICE OF FAVORABLE DETERMINATION CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR ADVANCE PROCESSING OF ORPHAN PETITION

We received our I-171 today! This is a major milestone for international adoption. It means that the US government has given us permission to adopt a child from China.

I Fedex'ed the document to Hand in Hand within the hour of getting it out of our mailbox so they will have it by tomorrow morning. Now all we need to do is to certify and authenticate our dossier then we can submit our dossier to China. The real wait begins when we get a log in date from the CCAA.