Nina legally our daughter; Cholepan gets favorable ruling

Our agency received the signed court documents today following the waiting period. So Nina is legally our daughter! Now we just need to bring her home. The court documents will be used to create a new birth certificate (new name, new parents) which will be followed by a passport for travel. The passport must then go to Astana (capital) for some stamp. Then a visa must be applied for. This process will be managed by our agency, specifically Natalia. Once that is ready, we go get Nina. While in country, we visit the medical clinic (same place we visited last time) and have an exit interview at the embassy. We hope to make this trip the week of April 19-23 but it all depends on everything above being completed.

In other good news, the Austrians had their court date and received a favorable ruling on Cholepan.  We are happy for them and Cholepan.

Cholepan court date

Good news for the Austrian couple and Cholepan. They received their court date - next Thursday, March 18!