Adoption Update

Here is an update on where we are in the process to adopt our daughter.  The list still looks really long, but we are making progress.  I added the red item, because it was important for me to get the grants written before school starts.  This order may not be exact.  We are mailing in our I-800A later this week, once we get the final letter to put in our packet.  We are putting together our Dossier in stages.  Our Letter of Intent is written and will be mailed into our agency once we get the okay to move forward.  Small things like passports and online classes (which we have done) are not on the list, but are also important steps.  Now that we have our adoption study approved we are free to receive a referral.  This however, could take up to 9 months.  We are able to work on paperwork as we wait for our referral.  We are actually hoping for a later referral, so there is less time between learning who our daughter is and traveling to get her.  We are making progress!

Status	Date	My Adoption Event
X	4/10/12	APPLICATION RECEIVED
X	7/17/12	APPLICATION COMPLETED
X X	7/19/12 8/6/12	ADOPTION STUDY APPROVED GRANTS WRITTEN & MAILED
		I-600A CIS APPROVAL
		I-600A CIS EXPIRATION DATE
		I-600A CIS FINGERPRINT EXPIRATION DATE
		I-800A NOTICE REC’D BY NBC
		I-800A APPROVAL
		I-800A + F-PRINT EXPIRATION
		I-800 PROVISIONAL APPROVAL REC’D
		COUNTRY PRE-APPROVAL RECEIVED
		DOSSIER I TO COUNTRY
		CHILD REFERRAL RECEIVED
		CHILD REFERRAL ACCEPTANCE COMPLETED
		ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT