It's been a busy few days - and we now have tickets and visas. Rather than try to figure things out online or over the phone, we went to the airport on Friday morning to buy our tickets on Delta. After talking with a very helpful agent, we decided to forgo the International Adoption Fare (main advantage of that fare is no change fee at the end when you're coming back), and bought regular coach tickets for all of us.
Tickets in hand, we went directly to the Colombian Consulate in downtown Boston to see if we could apply for our visas right then, or at least make an appointment to come back. Fridays are quite busy at the consulate, so we made an appointment with the vice consul to come back today at 11am. The one thing we had to figure out was how to get a document apostilled.
"What's an apostille?" you ask. It's like an international notarization. But first you have to get it notarized. Then you take it to the state Public Records office to get it apostilled. The apostille seal has a ribbon and everything!
This morning we set off in morning traffic to get our letter apostilled. Then we made 2 copies of everything for our visa application and hustled to the consulate. Left our papers with the vice consul, went and had lunch and a little walk, and then came back for our visas. Ta Da!
6 days and counting...
So excited that in less than a week you will have your little girl!
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