by Gina SerpePax Thien Jolie just got one step closer to a reunion with papa Brad Pitt.
The three-year-old Vietnamese boy, along with new mama Angelina Jolie and new brother Maddox, touched down in Hanoi Monday in anticipation of leaving for the States later this week.
Three-sixths of the ever-expanding Jolie-Pitt brood arrived in the city to secure a visa for Pax, which will allow him to depart his native country for the U.S., where he will join up with the other three members of his adoptive family and have his first meet and greet with sisters Zahara, two, and Shiloh, 10 months.
According to the Associated Press, Jolie will meet with officials at the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, when Pax's visa application is expected to be processed.
The 31-year-old Oscar winner is unable to take Pax out of the country until the application is approved. Last week, it was estimated that the adoption, which formally took place on Thursday, and its corresponding paperwork, including Pax's visa and passport applications, would take about a week to complete.
Turns out it was a pretty accurate estimate: per the AP, Jolie & Co. are expected to depart Vietnam on Wednesday.
While Jolie's adoption of Pax last week caused, as expected, a worldwide media sensation, the actress did her best to quell the interest in her new brood over the weekend, keeping as low a profile as she could with Pax and five-year-old Maddox in Ho Chi Minh City.
The trio reportedly spent the weekend holed up in their hotel room in the city center, no doubt forging some familial bonds away from prying media eyes.
On Friday, Jolie told the Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper that she was sorry for exposing to Pax to such a frenzy so early on, saying the hype "will make him upset. I'm very worried about that. I would like to say I'm sorry for bringing this into Pax's life."
Jolie and Maddox touched down in Ho Chi Minh City last Wednesday. By Thursday morning, she had picked up her new son, whose pre-adoption name was Pham Quang, at the Tam Binh orphanage, where he was taken shortly after his birth in November 2003 after being found abandoned at a local hospital.
The united family then headed to the Ministry of Justice for a formal adoption ceremony in which custody of Pax was officially handed over to Jolie.
The actress filed for adoption of Pax as a single mother, in accordance with Vietnam's stance prohibiting unmarried couples from jointly filing, through the U.S.-based Adoptions From the Heart agency last summer. Over Thanksgiving, she and Pitt visited the Tam Binh orphanage and selected Pax as the newest addition to their multicultural brood.
The three-year-old Vietnamese boy, along with new mama Angelina Jolie and new brother Maddox, touched down in Hanoi Monday in anticipation of leaving for the States later this week.
Three-sixths of the ever-expanding Jolie-Pitt brood arrived in the city to secure a visa for Pax, which will allow him to depart his native country for the U.S., where he will join up with the other three members of his adoptive family and have his first meet and greet with sisters Zahara, two, and Shiloh, 10 months.
According to the Associated Press, Jolie will meet with officials at the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, when Pax's visa application is expected to be processed.
The 31-year-old Oscar winner is unable to take Pax out of the country until the application is approved. Last week, it was estimated that the adoption, which formally took place on Thursday, and its corresponding paperwork, including Pax's visa and passport applications, would take about a week to complete.
Turns out it was a pretty accurate estimate: per the AP, Jolie & Co. are expected to depart Vietnam on Wednesday.
While Jolie's adoption of Pax last week caused, as expected, a worldwide media sensation, the actress did her best to quell the interest in her new brood over the weekend, keeping as low a profile as she could with Pax and five-year-old Maddox in Ho Chi Minh City.
The trio reportedly spent the weekend holed up in their hotel room in the city center, no doubt forging some familial bonds away from prying media eyes.
On Friday, Jolie told the Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper that she was sorry for exposing to Pax to such a frenzy so early on, saying the hype "will make him upset. I'm very worried about that. I would like to say I'm sorry for bringing this into Pax's life."
Jolie and Maddox touched down in Ho Chi Minh City last Wednesday. By Thursday morning, she had picked up her new son, whose pre-adoption name was Pham Quang, at the Tam Binh orphanage, where he was taken shortly after his birth in November 2003 after being found abandoned at a local hospital.
The united family then headed to the Ministry of Justice for a formal adoption ceremony in which custody of Pax was officially handed over to Jolie.
The actress filed for adoption of Pax as a single mother, in accordance with Vietnam's stance prohibiting unmarried couples from jointly filing, through the U.S.-based Adoptions From the Heart agency last summer. Over Thanksgiving, she and Pitt visited the Tam Binh orphanage and selected Pax as the newest addition to their multicultural brood.
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