My wife's young child still lives in the Philippines with grandparents and we're in the process of I-130. Next step once they are here I believe is the adoption process so we all have the same last name, US birth certificate, etc. We reside in PA and I cannot find any good resources online for what paperwork to file, and calling the local court is no help.
Seems straightforward, as wife has full custody, but we cannot figure out what we need to do as far as paperwork goes.
Does anyone have experience on this for Pennsylvania? We've done all the immigration paperwork on our own thanks to this website and we hate to pay for a lawyer as immigration in itself is so expensive, but if we need to go that route we will. Any idea what that would even cost?
Thanks as always!