Congratulations! This is so exciting for your family and the for the beautiful new sisters. I wish you all the best on this new journey together. I hope transitions are as smooth as possible and that the girls don't experience too long of a mourning process of their old life, and are able to jump right into to learning about their new language, and home and culture and family with open hearts!
$500 Bobbie and Grant’s medicals/vaccinations/evaluations/training classes
$250 Transportation costs in U.S. for gathering documents
$1,610 USCIS, i-600, and fingerprinting (to get U.S. Customs and Immigration permission)
$350 Courier services – to send documents to EE
$5,000 Round trip airfare for Grant, Bobbie and Gerry (approximate cost)
$3,360 Lodging ($60/night x 8 weeks)
$2,240 Food/Other supplies ($40/day x 8 weeks)
$14,000 - Review, translation, and legal expenses for preparing the dossier (in-country documents) for submission to the child welfare authorities in the girls' country. Legal and court fees in-country (including expedition), translation of children's documents required for U.S. Embassy, orphanage donations
$3,500 Transportation in country (overnight trains, taxi to visit the orphanage, driver costs to collect documents across the regions)
$1,200 passports for "Loveday" and "Lora"
$1,150 Visas and Medicals for "Loveday" and "Lora"
$1,500 Loveday and Lora's flights HOME!
$1,500 Re-adoption legal expenses through U.S. court system
Congratulations! This is so exciting for your family and the for the beautiful new sisters. I wish you all the best on this new journey together. I hope transitions are as smooth as possible and that the girls don't experience too long of a mourning process of their old life, and are able to jump right into to learning about their new language, and home and culture and family with open hearts!
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