U.S. Approval - Check it off the list!!

Yes it's true we recieved our "notice of favorable determination concerning application for advance processing of orphan petition" today in the mail.

What does that mean?

Decision
The USCIS must decide whether the prospective adoptive parent(s) are able to take care of one or more orphans properly, depending on the number of children they want to adopt. Form I-171H, Notice of Favorable Determination Concerning Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, is sent to the prospective petitioner if the prospective adoptive parent(s) appear to qualify for further processing. This decision, however, does not guarantee that the orphan petition(s) to be filed will be approved. An orphan petition may still be denied because the child does not qualify as an orphan or for other proper cause.

This is directly copy pasted from the USCIS webpage. So now you ask what is USCIS? Well I'm assuming it's part of the Department of Homeland Security and or Citizen and Immigration Services. That is a wild guess.

Just so everyone knows we were approved for up to three children...