In this journey each is a "baby" step in what feels like a marathon.
December 20, 2005: Application to adopt sent to Harrah's Adoption International Mission
January 3, 2006: Email received stating that our application had been accepted
January 14: Registered with Harrah's AIM, Adoption and Post Placement Agreements signed
***Gathering of documents begins, all which needed to be notarized and sent to our Dossier Consultant Teresa in Long Island to be reviewed, verified, and authenticated (with the County, State, and Consulate)
February 17: Medical Exams, covering every aspect of our beings
March 4-5 and 25-26: Our Social Worker Robin makes 4 visits for our Home Study (she rode all the way from Long Island to visit us)
***One month wait for NYS to process and give us child abuse and criminal clearance
April: Home Study completed and mailed (arrived at USCIS on April 20)
April 19: Applied to United States government for Advanced Processing of Orphan Petition (I600A) and fingerprinted at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Buffalo
May 5: Notice of Favorable Determination (I-171H) granted
"YOUR ADVANCED PROCESSING APPLICATION HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE AMERICAN CONSULATE OR EMBASSY AT GUANGZHOU, CHINA"
"YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR TWO CHILDREN " (need to be prepared if we get twins)
EXPIRATION DATES: Finger prints 7/18/07
I 600A 11/4/07
June 2: Dossier sent to China (Date To China, 6-2-06)
June 7: Dossier Logged In, Log In Date = LID, 6-7-06 our referral will be made by this date
January 12, 2007: Brown Envelope received. This contains verification that USCIS has sent notice of our approval and our child's Visa application
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