Letter from Immigration

We got a letter from Immigration yesterday saying that they got our paperwork and we're in line for processing. They estimated about a 90 day wait (from when it was recieved), so that puts us at the beginning of August.

So that gives us plenty of time to put the rest of our dossier together. I figure we'll have that finihsed by mid June. Then we just wait. After our immigration clearance (form I-171) comes back, it will probably take a week or two to get the final documents together and send to Russia. It needs to be translated, and then we're on the waiting list again - this time for a court date.

I've heard that Russia kind of shuts down in August for a nationwide vacation time, but now I can't find anything that says that. I'm not sure how that would effect our paperwork. Our original guesstimate was for a September court date, but now it looks like it will be more like October or November. I really really hope it's before Christmas and A's 7th birthday.