Called To Love: Adoption Update

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Adoption Update

Well back in Feburary I wrote about our home study being "completed." This past week it was "finalized." That took longer than we had anticipated but I'm glad to being moving forward once again. Our home study and I-600a form have been sent to US Immigration for approval. The I-600a is an application seeking approval to adopt. This could take a couple of months to be approved. In the meantime we will gather our documents for our dossier. The dossier is a group of documents including our home study that will be sent to Haiti seeking permission to adopt from Haiti. We are honored to be walking this journey with our Lord. Every step forward is one step closer.

1 comment:

Laura Kirkland said...: Deanne Riddle is my husband's cousin.. and sent me to your blog. We just started the process with Lifeline China and our first Home Study visit is June 4! Great to see your blog.. great encouragement.
Blessings!
Laura Kirkland; May 12, 2012 at 9:39 PM

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Adoption Progress

Dec. 16th, 2011 - Approved for Adoption through Lifeline Christian Services
Dec. 23rd, 2011 - Mailed fingerprints.
Dec. 27th, 2011 - Mailed Alabama CAN forms to Lifeline.
Jan. 6th, 2012 - First home study visit.
Jan. 9th, 2012 - Mailed PA, FL, CT, and NJ CAN forms to Lifeline. Got birth and marriage certificates.
Jan. 11th, 2012 - Gary's physical.
Jan. 16th, 2012 - Amanda's physical.
Jan. 17th, 2012 - Second home study visit.
Jan. 23rd, 2012 - Physical exam sheet for the girls signed.
Jan. 23rd, 2012 - Fingerprints approved.
Feb. 3rd, 2012 - Third home study visit.
Feb. 11th, 2012 - All CAN clearances received.
Feb. 16th, 2012 - Final home study visit in Birmingham.
April 30th, 2012 - I-600a application mailed to Immigration.
May 7th, 2012 - Received notice that our I-600a application and payment were received by USCIS.
May 30th, 2012 - Dossier sent to Lifeline.
June 6th, 2012 - Received approval of our I-600a from USCIS (Immigration).
June 15th, 2012 - Dossier authentification complete.
June 20th, 2012 - Dossier sent to translator.
July 12th, 2012 - Dossier translated into French!!!
July 22nd, 2012 - Our social worker visited Haiti to meet a new potential partner.
Aug. 7th, 2012 - Lifeline added a new orphanage to their partnership in Haiti. We decided to change to the new orphanage. We sent our application to Three Angels.
Aug. 14th, 2012 - We were approved by the new orphanage.
Oct. 25th, 2012 - Dossier mailed to Haiti.
Oct. 30th, 2012 - Dossier delivered to Three Angels in Haiti.
Nov. 2nd, 2012 - Received Kelly and Kevenel's referral.
Nov. 13th, 2012 - Dossier officially entered IBESR!!!
May 21st, 2013 - Dossier officially exited IBESR!!!
July 15th, 2013 - Booked tickets for our first trip to meet our babies.
Aug. 4th - Aug. 10th, 2013 - Our first trip to Haiti. (Aug. 7th - U.S. Embassy Appointment, Aug. 8th - Parquet Appointments)
Sept. 24th, 2013 - Birth father interview/court appointment completed.
Oct. 25th, 2013 - Received Adoption Decree. Exited Parquet. Entered MOI.
Nov. 15th, 2013 - Exited MOI. Entered Immigration (Passports.)
Feb. 14th, 2014 - Picked up passports!!!
Feb. 21st, 2014 - Dossier submitted to US Embassy.
March 26th, 2014 - USCIS requested one additional document.
April 30th, 2014 - Requested document submitted.
May 19th, 2014 - Received notice of I-600 approval.
June 5th, 2014 - Visa interview.
June 10th, 2014 - We travel to Haiti.
June 13th, 2014 - HOMECOMING!!!