We got great news yesterday that moves us one giant leap closer to receiving our long-awaited "travel call" to receive our son. After many frustrating weeks of dealing with "missing paperwork" and phone calls and emails to the Department of Homeland Security in L.A., our Baby Tae's visa application was approved! So now he can both leave Korea (he received his emigration permit on April 13th) and enter the U.S.!
Mike called me with the news while I was at our synod assembly in Thousand Oaks yesterday, so many friends helped celebrate there! Mike was at home with his fantastic parents who are in SLO helping build our backyard deck and do lots of other house projects to help get us ready to bring home Baby Tae -- which could now happen in the next few weeks!
The last steps that need to occur: Tae's visa approval is registered with the U.S. government and then his visa is issued by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul (which takes 5 days), he needs a visa physical and visa "interview" (just some more paperwork that is certified by a judge in Korea) -- but then he should be ready for us to come meet him and bring him home into his forever family!
We'll be sure to update our blog when we get "the call." We're hoping for a call by the end of June, though we know it could be earlier or later. Thanks for journeying along with us!
