Okay, I am sure your first question is, "what the heck is a dossier?" Here is what the dictionary says.
dos·si·er /ˈdɒsiˌeɪ, -iər, ˈdɔsiˌeɪ, -siər; Fr. dɔˈsyeɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; Fr. daw-syey]
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, esp. a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
Well, in the international adoption circle, it is basically presenting your life to adoption officials of whatever country you are adopting from.
"What exactly is in the dossier?"
How about marriage license, divorce decrees, employment letters, doctors letters, police clearance letters, home study, homestudy updates, I-600A approval (from Immigration), copies of passports, family photographs, and passport size photographs of Cathy and I. Seem simple enough? Not quite, every document has to be notarized AND state certified by the Oklahoma Secretary of State ($20.00 a document). Like I previously said, it's all paperwork and more $$$ :)!!! Oh yes, I also forgot about the mountain of applications in Vietnamese, but all we have to do is sign and print our names about twenty times on those documents!
dos·si·er /ˈdɒsiˌeɪ, -iər, ˈdɔsiˌeɪ, -siər; Fr. dɔˈsyeɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; Fr. daw-syey]
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, esp. a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
Well, in the international adoption circle, it is basically presenting your life to adoption officials of whatever country you are adopting from.
"What exactly is in the dossier?"
How about marriage license, divorce decrees, employment letters, doctors letters, police clearance letters, home study, homestudy updates, I-600A approval (from Immigration), copies of passports, family photographs, and passport size photographs of Cathy and I. Seem simple enough? Not quite, every document has to be notarized AND state certified by the Oklahoma Secretary of State ($20.00 a document). Like I previously said, it's all paperwork and more $$$ :)!!! Oh yes, I also forgot about the mountain of applications in Vietnamese, but all we have to do is sign and print our names about twenty times on those documents!
Originally we were to be matched with our baby, then start the dossier process. However, recently our agency, Holt International has changed a few things and want us to go ahead and start now. This is a good thing as we feel it may speed up the process after we are matched with the baby. With the U.S. - Vietnam Adoption Agreement set to expire September 1, 2008, we know there are no guarantees. But, we do feel better about everything than we did a few weeks ago.
We still feel as though we will be matched with our baby sometime between May - July 2008. Hopefully with the Dossier process already done, we will travel to Vietnam in the fall or winter. Keep us in your prayers.
2 comments:
We are right there with you. We sent in our final documents to Holt today. Washington was only $15 per doc but it adds up quick. We will keep you in our prayers. This is an amazing time for our families!
Congratulations on getting your dossier done. You may want to edit your address out of the from though... I always tell people if I can read it so they don't get internet stalkers.
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