Our Adoption Timeline

05.29.2012 - Applied for the China Program with our adoption agency (our 13th wedding anniversary)

06.13.2012 - Accepted to the China Program

06.18.2012 - Submitted Program Agreements

07.11.2012 - Assigned Home Study Coordinator

08.28.2012 - Delivered completed Home Study Packet

09.10.2012 - Home Study Visit #1

09.19.2012 - Home Study Visit #2

09.20.2012 - Home Study Visit #3

10.15.2012 - Received draft of Home Study Report

10.19.2012 - State Authentication of documents in Raleigh, NC

10.26.2012 - Received official Home Study Report

10.29.2012 - Submitted China Waiting Child application

11.05.2012 - Mailed USCIS I-800A application

11.19.2012 - State Authentication of document in Columbia, SC

11.27.2012 - State Authenticated documents mailed to adoption agency for State Department and Chinese Embassy Certification

12.05.2012 - USCIS fingerprinting apppointment at the Department of Homeland Security

12.13.2012 - Documents collected from State Department and Chinese Embassy

12.15.2012 - Received our USCIS I-800A approval

12.21.2012 - State Authentication of documents in Raleigh, NC

01.04.2013 - State Authenitcated documents mailed to adoption agency for State Department and Chinese Embassy Certification - final documents

01.09.2013 - Final Dossier documents mailed to adoption agency for shipment to China

01.15.2013 - Dossier Submission Agreement mailed to adoption agency - our Dossier will go to China on Friday (18th)

01.17.2013 - Documents collected from State Department and Chinese Embassy - final documents

01.18.2013 - Dossier to China (DTC)

01.21.2013 - Dossier arrived in China

01.30.2013 - Official Log in Date (LID)

10.04.2013 - Received Referral

10.07.2013 - Submitted Letter of Intent (LOI) to adoption agency

10.17.2013 - Transfer granted

11.22.2013 - Official Log in Date (LID)

11.22.2013 - Received Pre-Approval (PA)

12.12.2013 - Homestudy Update home visit

01.02.2014 - Dossier Out of Translation (OOT)

01.17.2014 - Received Final Homestudy Update Report - for USCIS extension request

01.21.2014 - Mailed USCIS extension request