All About Tarik and Where We Are In The Process

Tarik….

- Tarik's birthday is actually May 28th, 2009. Not June 7th, 2009 as previously thought. This means he shares his birthday with his cousin Mika.

- Tarik is a calm and peaceful child. He doesn’t mind the company of strangers. Though he stares at them at first, he gets excited when they play with him.

- - Tarik has the habit of making a fist and sucking his hand. He is a peaceful child and doesn’t cry easily.

- He watches his surrounding very carefully. He enjoys being hugged, soothed, and cuddled. He coos and gurgles a lot.

Brief outline of where we are in the process:

1. Case is approved; we are the legal parents of Tarik (**we are here)
2. When this decision is granted, the written court order is drafted, a letter of support is requested from the MOWA office
3. Once the MOWA letter is received, the birth certificate is issued – this usually takes about two weeks
4. When the birth certificate is issued, we will receive a scanned copy of it and we will verify that the information is correct.
5. Our adoption agency advises Ethiopia staff that the birth certificate information is correct and they will proceed to obtain the child’s Ethiopian passport, Embassy medical exam and will prepare the final paperwork to submit to the Embassy.
6. Once it is verified that Tarik has completed the visa medical exam and that the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa has all of the documentation that they need for our case, we will be advised of a travel date