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2-28-12 Application accepted
3-13-12 Contract mailed to agency
3-16-12 Confirmation of contract received from agency
3-21-12 First talk with family coordinator. Search for home study agency begins
3-22-12 Have chosen a home study agency
3-28-12 Confirmation app received by h.study agency. Packet mailed to start paperwork.
3-30-12 HUGE packet arrives. Paperwork for homestudy begins
4-11-12 Paperwork Packet for home study mailed off to home study agency
4-18-12 All paperwork in homestudy packet looks GREAT!
4-27-12 First homestudy visit scheduled
05-06-12 Second homestudy visit
05-08-12 Met with pediatrician to discuss SN checklist
05-14-12 Third homestudy visit
05-20-12 Fourth home study visit
05-22-12 Sent in revised SN checklist
06-01-12 Kev and Kim's physicals
06-04-12 Hannah's physical
06-12-12 Social worker picked up completed physicals, training certificate, etc. to write up homestudy
06-14-12 Social worker submitting homestudy tonight!
07-10-12 Homestudy approval!
07-23-12 Notarized homestudy copies received via FedEx
07-25-12 Sent of paperwork to immigration for fingerprint appt. for I-800A approval
07-25-12 Sent requests for birth and marriage certificate certified copies
08-03-12 Confirmation from CIS they received our fingerprint request. 10-14 days will get an appointment
08-07-12 Both of our certified birth certificate copies arrived
08-17-12 Received biometric (fingerprint) appointment for 8/28
08-27-12 Fingerprinting at USCIS DONE!
08-30-12 Dossier paperwork reviewed by our agency...looks good! No changes. Now off to state certification!
09-01-12 Received I-797! Less than one week after fingerprints!
09-10-12 Received all state document certifications back!
09-26-12 Dossier sent to Chinese Consulate and state department for authentication
10-10-12 Agency has received completed authenticated dossier
10-10-12 DTC (Dossier to China)
10-17-12 LID!!
01-24-13 Saw child on another agency's list and inquired. We want to pursue her!
01-25-13 Found out agency will transfer child's file back to shared list
01-28-13 Big day! Her file was transferred and we are locked in by our agency!
01-28-13 Submitted LOI!
02-04-13 Pre-approval!
02-27-13 LOA!!
03-01-13 I800 received at USCIS lockbox
03-12-13 I800 Provisional approval
03-21-13 Cabled
04-09-13 Article 5 pick up
04-25-13 Travel Approval
05-07-13 to 05-22-13 China
05-13-13 Gotcha!
05-22-13 HOME!
Beautiful little girls! Welcome Home Mallorie!
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of the team with The Sparrow Fund, I'm excited to share an opportunity with all of you! As the next volunteer team prepares to go, we want to put together a book of updates on children who have been adopted from Baoji over the years. We would love as many families as possible to be included as we have seen that these updates truly bless and encourage the staff there.
ReplyDeleteHere are the details to be included. Email info(at)sparrow-fund(dot)org no later than August 31st with the subject line "Baoji update: YOUR LAST NAME" and the following:
1 - your child's Chinese name, your child's current name as you want shared with the staff, and the city and/or state/country where you currently live.
2 - one picture of your child as a baby or child from his or her time at Baoji, a referral picture, or a picture from your adoption trip.
3 - up to four update pictures. These may be family pictures, pictures of your child playing a sport or instrument or doing a favorite hobby, etc. Send the highest quality images possible. Send multiple emails if needed.
4 - a few sentences (English only) that you would like included with the update.
We would like to give each family a full page in the book. We are asking that each family who wants to be included help us defray the large financial cost to execute these trips by donating a minimum suggested amount of $50. Whatever money is donated from you all will pay for the book first and then a cash donation for the orphanage. Any remaining balance will be used by The Sparrow Fund for the orphan care fund and other programs as needed. Your donations are fully tax deductible as The Sparrow Fund is a 501c3 nonprofit, and we hope you will give generously! If the suggested donation is too much of a hardship for your family, please contact us directly. We do not want financial hardship to exclude anyone.
Donations can be made via the donation page on www (dot) sparrow-fund (dot) org. Any questions? Let us know! We are really excited about this project and our upcoming trip! Help us spread the word to other Baoji families!