Timeline

  • July 16th: flight from Honolulu to Seattle
  • July 15th--flight from Majuro to Honolulu
  • July 10th--visa arrived at the Embassy!
  • July 2nd--Manila acknowledged paperwork as now being delivered
  • July 1st--paperwork delivered to embassy in Manila
  • June 29th--paperwork flew to Manila
  • June 27th--paperwork flew to Guam (was bumped from an earlier flight)
  • June 24th--Embassy dropped off visa paperwork at DHL to be mailed
  • June 17th--Embassy appointment to apply for our visa
  • June 15th--court date.  Our baby girl officially became OUR baby girl!
  • June 13th--arrived in Majuro (19 hours ahead of Seattle) and met our baby girl!
  • June 12th--flight from Honolulu to Majuro
  • June 11th--flight from Seattle to Honolulu
  • June 3rd--informational travel meeting with AI
  • June 1st--court date set!
  • May 30th--petition to adopt signed in front of a notary and submitted to AI
  • May 26th--medical consult appointment to go over medical records
  • May 21st--we got our referral!!!
  • February 5th--dossier received by AI
  • February 3rd--apostilled paperwork received and dossier mailed to AI!
  • January 30th--USCIS approval letter; paperwork off to be apostilled
  • January 26th--child abuse letters arrived via FedEx!!!
  • January 16th--homestudy amendment completed and submitted to USCIS
  • January 3rd--repeat homestudy visit per USCIS request
  • Dec 16th--USCIS fingerprint appointments
  • Nov 29th--apostilled fingerprints received from WV
  • Nov 24th--I600A received by USCIS
  • Nov 18th--I600A sent to USCIS; home study officially finalized and approved
  • Nov 15th--child background check request mailed
  • Nov 12th--FBI fingerprint check letters received and sent to WV for aspostille 
  • Nov 8th--fingerprints sent to FBI
  • Nov 7th--fingerprinted at the police station...again
  • Oct 31st--starting on our dossier!
  • Oct 21st--international homestudy conversion completed
  • October 15th--officially changed placing agency to A.I. 
  • October 12th--2nd interview with A.I.
  • Sept 30th--1st interview with A.I.
  • Sept 10th--walked away from first referral
  • Sept 4th--received referral file for our new daughter
  • August 21st--potential match to a baby!
  • July 31st--home study finally completed and submitted
  • June 8th--second social work visit completed
  • May 22nd--first social work visit completed
  • April 18th--10 hours of adoption education finished
  • March 31st--health exam for life insurance; final paperwork sent to home study agency
  • March 17th--mailed fingerprints to FBI
  • March 10th--submitted initial application to LSSMN

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