Submission to IHNFA

Our dossier was submitted to IHNFA last Monday, October 3rd (yah!!!!), and then on October 5th our lawyer said she was going over to see them, to make sure the adoption office thought it all looked good and would not need any more revisions.  That was one week ago.

I delayed posting anything because I was dreaming of a headline that said "We are official!  The Secretary General has signed off on our dossier and given us a waitlist number!". 
I dream of this headline a lot :-) 

Last Thursday our adoption agency held their monthly conference call, which is a great time to catch up on the program and find out new news.  They had very good news for us...we knew the agency that controls adoptions had gone on strike, and that the Director and Secretary General were put on leave pending an investigation, and we thought there was a good chance the investigation would add 6 months to our timeline.  BUT, our agency says that an interim Secretary General is in place and signing paperwork.  However, none of the families we know whose dossiers are sitting on the interim SG's desk have been signed.  We will be relieved when we hear things are definitely moving.  Best of luck to the prospective adoptive families that are on that desk already (you know who you are!).  Hopefully this will be your week!