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June 2008 - discussed ET adoption with our SW/search for adoption agency
17th July 2008 - Made Request to Agency
31st July 2008- Requested update of our Homestudy
4th August 2008 - Sent in Application to Agency
4th September 2008 - Signed Contract
August 2008-January 2009 - Collecting numerous amounts of papers for Dossier
9th February 2009 - Received HS (yes, it took over 6 months due to issues with Hague, USCIS, Production Agencies etc etc, sigh)
10th February 2009- Applied for I-600A
13th March 2009- Homestudy for Multicultural Class Attachment and update of HS
27th March 2009 - Homestudy was Denied by USCIS - needs to be re-written. UGH!!!! This never ends
8th April 2009 - Received new draft of HS - looks good
4th May 2009- Received new HS and sent off to USCIS
12th May 2009 - Received H-171 (immigration approval)
13th May 2009 - Got EVERYTHING notarized and sent off to agency
19th May 2009 - dossier reviewed by agency and sent off to WA for authentication
29th May 2009 - Received DHL Tracking number from our agency of dossier on its way to chosen country - YEAH!!!
29th June 2009 - 1 month since put on the waiting list
28th July 2009 - Conference Call with Agency about "Preparing for Referral and Travel"
29th July 2009 - 2 months since put on the waiting list
29th August 2009 - 3 months since put on the waiting list
29th September 2009 - 4 months since put on the waiting list
21st October 2009 -( after 4 months, 3 weeks and one day) REFERRAL !!!!!!
6th-11th November 2009- pre-visit to our little chunk of love :-)
21st November 2009 - received court date of 16th of December 2009
16th December 2009 - we passed court!! Yochana Dursitu is legally ours praise the Lord!!!
29th December 2009 - received Embassy Appointment
4th February 2010 - Embassy Appointment
5th February 2010 - Yo is getting signed out of the orphanage
7th February 2010 - HOME!!!!!
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Country: Ethiopia; Agency: DOVE/Oregon; Journey: June 2008 through February 2010
Important Milestones in Our Journey
June 2008 - discussed ET adoption with our SW/search for adoption agency
17th July 2008 - Made Request to Agency
31st July 2008- Requested update of our Homestudy
4th August 2008 - Sent in Application to Agency
4th September 2008 - Signed Contract
August 2008-January 2009 - Collecting numerous amounts of papers for Dossier
9th February 2009 - Received HS (yes, it took over 6 months due to issues with Hague, USCIS, Production Agencies etc etc, sigh)
10th February 2009- Applied for I-600A
13th March 2009- Homestudy for Multicultural Class Attachment and update of HS
27th March 2009 - Homestudy was Denied by USCIS - needs to be re-written. UGH!!!! This never ends
8th April 2009 - Received new draft of HS - looks good
4th May 2009- Received new HS and sent off to USCIS
12th May 2009 - Received H-171 (immigration approval)
13th May 2009 - Got EVERYTHING notarized and sent off to agency
19th May 2009 - dossier reviewed by agency and sent off to WA for authentication
29th May 2009 - Received DHL Tracking number from our agency of dossier on its way to chosen country - YEAH!!!
29th June 2009 - 1 month since put on the waiting list
28th July 2009 - Conference Call with Agency about "Preparing for Referral and Travel"
29th July 2009 - 2 months since put on the waiting list
29th August 2009 - 3 months since put on the waiting list
29th September 2009 - 4 months since put on the waiting list
21st October 2009 -( after 4 months, 3 weeks and one day) REFERRAL !!!!!!
6th-11th November 2009- pre-visit to our little chunk of love :-)
21st November 2009 - received court date of 16th of December 2009
16th December 2009 - we passed court!! Yochana Dursitu is legally ours praise the Lord!!!
29th December 2009 - received Embassy Appointment
4th February 2010 - Embassy Appointment
5th February 2010 - Yo is getting signed out of the orphanage
7th February 2010 - HOME!!!!!
- February 2010 (8)
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- December 2009 (11)
- November 2009 (9)
- October 2009 (14)
- September 2009 (12)
- August 2009 (8)
- July 2009 (7)
- June 2009 (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- April 2009 (5)
- March 2009 (3)
- February 2009 (2)
3 comments:
Like the optimism or is there something else going on? Does your agency have a list? I chose Oct. as your referral month. ;0)
No, Sandra. No list, no numbers. The orphanage staff meets regularly, goes through files and matches children with parents. There are many agencies working with "our" orphanage. Our agency is not involved in the matching process, that's alone the orphanages doing. Some wait a week, some wait over 7 months, with an average of 4-6 months so.
October sounds like a "good" month for a referral, doesn't it, sigh?
I have been having and antsy but comforting feeling over the last few days - reminded me a lot of shortly before tarisas referral :-)
but I may be totally wrong :-(
Hope your feelings are right, thinking of you.
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