09/16/2023
1 step at a time
And with one step down just a few more to go. This was a very long process, personally expensive project and no where near an easy journey but the work of cultural preservation never is.
Mahoran is committed to doing things in a proper systematic way for long term sustainability. One of the last pieces to the puzzle before submitting docs to petition our teachers and get granted a visa was getting a USCIS recognized organization to evaluate and recommend to the US government if our teachers are qualified to come to the US and do what they are intended for. Fun fact there's only really one labor org in the entire country that can do that for ethnic cultural teachers. After a long wait they have returned their answer. Yay!
Next steps? Submitting all documents to immigration to call in the teachers from an interview which Mahoran hopefully will have the means to have it expedited (within 2 weeks). After the interview of they are granted entry they will be on a ✈️ here asap. So we're looking at 3 to 4 weeks with School for Lao Culture and Arts coming shortly after.
Thank you everyone for your patience and we'll update you soon on any upcoming news!