November 2, 2015 Applied to be accepted into the Lifeline International Adoption program for China
November 11, 2015 Accepted into the adoption program! Welcome phone calls, information emailed to us, social worker and home study case worker assigned to our family.
November 12-13 Announced our news of adoption to our family members
November 13, 2015 Mailed off our first paperwork/Starter Kit to our social worker
November 11, 2015 Accepted into the adoption program! Welcome phone calls, information emailed to us, social worker and home study case worker assigned to our family.
November 12-13 Announced our news of adoption to our family members
November 13, 2015 Mailed off our first paperwork/Starter Kit to our social worker
November 25, 2015 Alabama Criminal History Fingerprinting (letters arrived 11/30, 12/08)
November 26, 2015 Announced our adoption at Thanksgiving with Hobbs Family
December 1, 2015 First Home study at home with Sella.
December 2, 2015 Renewed Tessa's passport, applied for background checks in AR and GA
December 11, 2015 Second Home Study at home- Tessa and Sella
December 13, 2015 First T shirt fundraiser order placed
December 14, 2015 Second Home Study for Brad at Sella's office
December 23, 2015 Medical/Physicals completed
January 2, 2016 Hague Training Certificates received for online course completion, received first donations from Mrs. Linda's Cake fundraiser! We are so blessed!!
January 9, 2016 T shirts mailed/given out
January 11, 2016 last Home Study interview at our home with Sella, all but 2 documents turned in- VERBAL APPROVAL!
January 29, 2016 We received our Home Study- finalized and Approved!
February 9, 2016 I800A sent over-night to USCIS!
February 19, 2016 Dossier Documents sent to Emily
February 24, 2016 Paper receipt received for i800a
March 3, 2016 Fingerprint appointment recevieved (for 3/17)... but had to mail in form to reschedule due to Brad's work schedule
March 8, 2016 Dossier authenticated and back at Lifeline ready and waiting for our biometric fingerprints
March 12, 2016 Benefit Concert Fundraiser in Milledgeville
March 17, 2016 Fingerprint appointment letter received (3/31)....planning to walk in next week 3/22!
March 22, 2016 Fingerprint appointment success!
March 14, 2016 I800a Approval letter arrived
April 16, 2016 Our Yard Sale Fundraiser
April 28, 2016 DTC!! Dossier to China!
May 9, 2016 LID Log in Date
May 10, 2016 Dossier in Translation
May 12, 2016- We received Ella's Referral!! Woohoo!!!!
May 16, 2016- We accepted Ella's file and sent in our LOI
May 18, 2016- PA!! Prior Approval from CCCWA!!
•June 14- LOA (approval from China)
December 2, 2015 Renewed Tessa's passport, applied for background checks in AR and GA
December 11, 2015 Second Home Study at home- Tessa and Sella
December 13, 2015 First T shirt fundraiser order placed
December 14, 2015 Second Home Study for Brad at Sella's office
December 23, 2015 Medical/Physicals completed
January 2, 2016 Hague Training Certificates received for online course completion, received first donations from Mrs. Linda's Cake fundraiser! We are so blessed!!
January 9, 2016 T shirts mailed/given out
January 11, 2016 last Home Study interview at our home with Sella, all but 2 documents turned in- VERBAL APPROVAL!
January 29, 2016 We received our Home Study- finalized and Approved!
February 9, 2016 I800A sent over-night to USCIS!
February 19, 2016 Dossier Documents sent to Emily
February 24, 2016 Paper receipt received for i800a
March 3, 2016 Fingerprint appointment recevieved (for 3/17)... but had to mail in form to reschedule due to Brad's work schedule
March 8, 2016 Dossier authenticated and back at Lifeline ready and waiting for our biometric fingerprints
March 12, 2016 Benefit Concert Fundraiser in Milledgeville
March 17, 2016 Fingerprint appointment letter received (3/31)....planning to walk in next week 3/22!
March 22, 2016 Fingerprint appointment success!
March 14, 2016 I800a Approval letter arrived
April 16, 2016 Our Yard Sale Fundraiser
April 28, 2016 DTC!! Dossier to China!
May 9, 2016 LID Log in Date
May 10, 2016 Dossier in Translation
May 12, 2016- We received Ella's Referral!! Woohoo!!!!
May 16, 2016- We accepted Ella's file and sent in our LOI
May 18, 2016- PA!! Prior Approval from CCCWA!!
•June 14- LOA (approval from China)
•July 1-I-800 approval from USCIS
•July 13- National Visa Center cabled the petition for Ella's visa to the US Embassy in China-
•July 28th pick up- Article 5 (paper work to finalize Ella's visa) this takes exactly 2 weeks and will be overnight-ed to CCCWA in Beijing- 7/28
•August 1- TRAVEL APPROVAL-invitation from China to get our girl!!
August 2- Conuslate appointment booked for 8/30
August 3- Plane tickets purchased through Adoption Airfare
To be continued...
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