Just a quick update! We received our immigration approval and it has been sent to the American Embassy in Russia. Although this won't speed up the process, it is needed before we can receive a referral. Sometimes it takes forever to get approval, so we are relieved that ours came back already. :) Our check for translation hasn't been cashed yet, so we are assuming that our dossier is still in Moscow. We are hoping that it will be sent to a region soon!