The Adoption Option

My spot for thoughts, feelings, rambles, and updates as we journey through the adoption process. Highlights: Dossier arrived in Thailand ~ Sept 26, 2005; Approved ~ October, 2005; Matched ~ August, 2006; Referral received ~ January 2007; Traveled & Home ~ June, 2007; Finalized!! ~ December, 2007

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Legal

It's official - Jesse is an official legal permanent resident of the USA. He received his green card on Thursday. It's a photo ID and they used the same picture from his Visa, which was taken the day after we took custody of him in Thailand. He looks like a different kid - so young and small. Yup, I guess we are fattening him up :)

I hope we don't have to destroy the card after the adoption is finalized - I think it would be great for his "baby book". Anyone out there know?

2 Comments:

Blogger Serena said...

You might be able to ask them to just punch a hole in it, so it's no longer a "legal" document.

8/06/2007 4:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hannah,

You don't have to destroy it at finalization, but you do have to return it to USCIS when you get his citizenship papers. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but we just had to give up our daughter's in order to get her final paperwork.

Wendy in CT

8/27/2007 4:25 PM  

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