Well, our journey to have Gracie fully integrated as a US Citizen is almost at an end. Today we received copies of her state birth certificate. We had hired a lawyer to file our adoption paperwork within our state back in September, and paid her to get us copies of Grace's state birth certificate. She filed the paperwork with the court, and we received a copy saying it was filed in October. According to Rebecca, our lawyer, the state has slowed down in getting birth certificates out from 2 weeks in the past, now to 3 months. So we were expecting get the copies this month, and they came in the mail today! We had a little opening ceremony and took some photos to commemorate the event, and then filed them away in our fireproof box. And that was that. Gracie can start school with her very own US birth certificate.
She now has her US Certificate of Citizenship, her Social Security Card, and now her US Birth Certificate.The only thing left for us to do to close out this chapter in her life, is to apply for and receive a US passport.
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