Arrival

I received an e-mail from Chris yesterday (Nov 25) notifying me that my dossier arrived in Sofia and he had received word that they were pleased with it and beginning the translation. After it is translated from English into Bulgarian it will be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ is the regulatory body that makes the match - selects a child to go with the parent. I have been told they are behind in this process - doing better - but still behind in matching people. But they think I will be waiting 9-12 months for a referral. I am the first person to submit their dossier to Bulgaria from my agency which means there is little advice or evidence indicating what I might expect from this process. The Bulgaria program only reopened to Americans recently (Aug I think) so my agency has just started a modest pilot program before opening it up to the larger public.