Beginning to chronicle our new China adoption (scroll on down for our first adoption timeline) -
here we go again!
October 2014:
Receive the file for our little boy! Ready or not, we write our letter of intent to adopt him.
November 2014:
11/6: Letter of Intent to adopt a little boy from China submitted to adoption agency.
11/30: PA, preliminary approval to adopt received.
December 2014:
12/26: First home study visit (starting over from scratch due to switching agencies)
January 2015:
1/7: Second home study visit
February 2015:
2/6: Home study approved by agency - mailing copies to us! Finally!
2/10: Mail I800a to USCIS (this approves us to adopt from a convention country)
2/13: Receipt date with USCIS
2/23: Receive appointment date to be fingerprinted
March 2015:
3/9: Fingerprint appointment with USCIS
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{This is our timeline for Stella's China adoption: (keep in mind that we were very far along in the paper chasing process, due to our first referral, so most of our steps went super quick this time!}
January 2014:
1/13 - 1/15: We received her file and submitted LOI (letter of intent to adopt her).
1/17: Received PA (preliminary approval from China).
1/21: Received LOA (letter of acceptance from China), hard copy came a week later then got stuck in the AL winter snow/ice storm (all you can do is be patient and smile at these hiccups!). We finally received our copy on 2/1.
February 2014:
2/3: I800 receipt date.
2/14: I800 approval date.
2/20: NVC GUZ # and Inv. ID received.
2/21: NVC PDF received (this is what we need for our Article 5 drop off at the US Consulate)
2/25: Article 5 drop off
March 2014:
3/11: TA (travel approval) received! We can go to China for Stella!
3/25: Stella turns two years old
3/28: Begin our journey to China
3/31: Gotcha Day for Stella Claire
April 2014:
4/1: Forever Family Day - official adoption day
4/9: Consulate Appointment (CA) in Guangzhou, China
4/11: Begin our journey home to USA
4/12: HOME with Stella Claire!
God showed us over and over during our adoption process to trust Him. From the finances to the child that was meant for our family - just trust and have faith.
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