ONE YEAR TODAY!!

Today it is exactly one year since I was registered with the Ministry of Justice.  One year closer to bringing my little one home.

A lot has happened in that year - my sister and her husband had a little boy in December of last year and my brother and his wife had a little boy in April of this year.  I'm looking forward to experiencing the various milestones in the first two years of these little boys lives as these are the things I will not get to experience with my own little one.  We now have 9 cousins waiting to welcome my little one home.

I hope the rest of the waiting time continues to pass quickly and that we see more young children being referred.

Referrals of Children under the age of 2.

The MOJ meeting results for 8th April were published yesterday and it was very encouraging to see that 3 children under the age of 2 had been referred.  This is the first time I've seen children this young being referred from Bulgaria.

Renewal of Declaration

Yesterday I recevied my renewed Declaration (woohoo) so I contacted the Immigration office to find out what to do next.

They asked for the following to be submitted:

1. Original Declaration/Renewed Declaration
2. Original Immigration Clearance Cert
3. Copy of passport (of each applicant)
4.  Two passport photographs (per applicant)
5.  Cover letter stating where you wish to adopt from
6.  Contact Telephone number
7. Letter from AAI stating how many children you are eligible to adopt.

These items are to be sent by Registered Post to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services,Dublin.

8 MONTHS ALREADY

I can't believe that 8 months have passed since my dossier was registered with the MOJ. 

Time has flown by but at the same time it feels like I've been waiting forever - I know that doesn't make sense.

Hopefully the next eight months will pass quickly and perhaps there will be at least one Irish Referral by then.