Once upon a time a girl named Kelli met her prince charming (Bill), fell in love and got married and was blessed with three handsome princes and two little princesses to fill the castle! This blog is the story of how we are living happily ever after!
December 6, 2011 Read a blog about a 13yr old needing a family before she turns 14 in a few short months
December 8, 2011 Called our Adoption Agency & Social Worker to Update our Homestudy
December 9, 2011 Met With Social Worker to Finish Homestudy Update
December 11, 2011 Homestudy Update Complete
December 14, 2011 Homestudy Update Approved by our Agency
December 15, 2011 I-800A Supplement 3 Mailed to USCIS
January 3, 2012 Fingerprints for USCIS
January 3, 2012 I-800A Approved
January 5, 2012 Referral File given to our agency and we accepted
January 12, 2012 PA
January 13, 2012 Dossier Copy Sent to Chin@
January 16, 2012 Dossier Delivered
January 16, 2012 LID
January 20, 2012 LOA
January 20, 2012 I-800 Provisional Approval
January 27, 2012 Cabled
February 1, 2012 Article 5
February 3, 2012 TRAVEL APPROVAL!!
February 20, 2012 Gotcha Day
February 21, 2012 Adoption Finalized
February 26, 2012 Eliana turns 14!!
August 25, 2010 Adoption Application Mailed
August 27, 2010 Adoption Application Received
September 1, 2010 Adoption Application Approved
September 19, 2010 First Home Study Visit
September 30, 2010 Received File to Review of Prospective Match
October 2, 2010 Turned in Letter of Intent/Accepted Match
October 11, 2010 Letter of Intent sent to CCAA (they were closed for National Day the week before)
October 13, 2010 Pre-Approval from CCAA received
October 29, 2010 Home Study Complete & I-800A sent to USCIS
November 18, 2010 Kelli's Fingerprint Appointment Arrives (Bill's is Lost)
November 22, 2010 Bill's Fingerprint Appointment Arrives
November 23, 2010 Walked-in to USCIS a week before our appointment and were Fingerprinted
December 24, 2010 I-797 approval received
December 29, 2010 Dossier overnighted to CCAI
January 7, 2011 "DTC" Dossier sent to China!!
January 19, 2011 "LID" Logged-in Dossier
March 7, 2011 "LOA" Letter Seeking Confirmation of Adopter"
March 21, 2011 I-800 Provisional Approval
April 4, 2011 Cabled
April 20, 2011 Article 5 Picked Up
May 13, 2011 Travel Approval
May 30, 2011 Gotcha Day!!
May 31, 2011 Adoption Finalized
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