Consulate Day

Yesterday in the afternoon we traveled by van to the U.S. Consulate for Kylee's visa and swearing in ceremony. The consulate used to be located here on Shamian Island but has since been moved downtown for numerous reasons. We never heard the same reason twice, even from the attache' at the consulate! It is about a 40 minute drive from the hotel. No camera's are allowed so I don't have any pictures. There were about 25 families gathered in a large waiting room and after every ones paperwork is checked the lady in charge of adoption visas came out and welcomed us and gave some information and a little speech then all of the adoptive parents raise their right hand and repeat the adoption oath and the rest is history. It only took 45 minutes or so. This time there were about 25 families, many adopting for the second time and 1 family adopting for the 3rd. Last time we were here there were around 75 families.