Linh Elise

I believe we have decided on our daughter's name. John wants to keep Linh Thuy without making any changes. I want to add in another name. We had always planned on naming a girl Lena after my grandmother. But when we were matched with Linh - which is so close - we agreed to keep her name as Linh instead of changing it. Plus my middle name is Lynn - so now she and I share a name. So we are going to leave her first name as Linh, but give her another middle name, and keep Thuy as a second middle name. This way she will have her Vietnamese name as well as an American (although really its a French name). She will have options when she is older and has her own opinion of what name she wants to use.

Linh Elise Thuy Austin

What do you think?

MOJ Approval

Well, it is official. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has approved our dossier! This is wonderful news.
Now, we wait for Linh's dossier to be sent to Department of Justice and approved. This may take approximately 30-60 days (more or less).
Then certain child documents will be added to our immigration paperwork and submitted to USCIS in Vietnam. This may take 60 working days for the USCIS to investigate her orphan status.
At the same time Linh's dossier is sent to the MOJ for their approval. This approval may take a week or so.
Then a couple of weeks for the processing of the commitment paper- which Holt submits for us.
Then local Department of Justice verifies MOJ approval and requests a meeting of the local People's Committee (PC) in Hanoi. The PC makes their adoption decision, travel approval and schedule the Giving and Receiving date. This is expected to take 2 weeks.
Travel to Vietnam is about 2-3 weeks after the People's Commitee approval.
Potentially, we could be makeing travel plans by the middle to end of November. Wow!