It had been an important weekend with the power of the conference and the rekindling of many friendships and all to be topped off with our planned Skype call on the Monday night. We were admittedly nervous not knowing exactly the way forward but were resting in peace about our newly formed visa decision. During our call we had a pleasant discussion, a nice catch up, some laughs and after the formal part our advisor asked if we had any other questions. Just one huge one... would our new visa disqualify us from using the agency and cancel our possibility of adopting? This was no light weight question rather one that could be the fulcrum of our on-going adoption process.
We were taken aback, no shocked at the response given. We were told we could change our status here in the UK and they could simply shift our status there (Indiana) to be an American couple living abroad and internationally adopting from the US. Again that is not the norm for international adoptions but as stated many times before on this blog we're not considered the norm. It's not that abnormal for an American couple to adopt from abroad, but an American couple living abroad but actually adopting from America seems almost backward. At that moment it was our only choice that is until we found out more information. This process is a bit like being a sleuth, the clues are there, the solution is there but we've had to sniff them out over the years. The Skype conversation ended with smiles, a prayer and what looked like a clear path forward.
It had been an important weekend with the power of the conference and the rekindling of many friendships and all to be topped off with our planned Skype call on the Monday night. We were admittedly nervous not knowing exactly the way forward but were resting in peace about our newly formed visa decision. During our call we had a pleasant discussion, a nice catch up, some laughs and after the formal part our advisor asked if we had any other questions. Just one huge one... would our new visa disqualify us from using the agency and cancel our possibility of adopting? This was no light weight question rather one that could be the fulcrum of our on-going adoption process.
We were taken aback, no shocked at the response given. We were told we could change our status here in the UK and they could simply shift our status there (Indiana) to be an American couple living abroad and internationally adopting from the US. Again that is not the norm for international adoptions but as stated many times before on this blog we're not considered the norm. It's not that abnormal for an American couple to adopt from abroad, but an American couple living abroad but actually adopting from America seems almost backward. At that moment it was our only choice that is until we found out more information. This process is a bit like being a sleuth, the clues are there, the solution is there but we've had to sniff them out over the years. The Skype conversation ended with smiles, a prayer and what looked like a clear path forward.
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