Adoption Timeline

• 11/28/13 Return home on Thanksgiving Day !!!
• 11/26/13 Consulate appointment
• 11/18/13 Gotcha Day for both sweeties at the same time
• 11/15/13 Fly to China
• 10/31/13 Received confirmation of our Consulate Appointment
• 10/29/13 Travel Approval arrived at our agency
• 10/18/13 Article 5 pick up --now we wait for Travel Approval, any day now !
• 10/07/13 Received passports back with Chinese Visa stamps in them
• 09/27/13 Article 5 drop off
• 09/26/13 Received PDF of cable letter
• 09/20/13 Overnighted visa applications to courier services in Chicago
• 09/20/13 I800 Provisional Approval received via email
• 09/05/13 I800 Received by USCIS
• 09/03/13 I800 application sent to USCIS
• 08/28/13 LOA -- received our Letter of Acceptance from China
• 08/09/13 Awarded a matching grant from Promise686 :D
• 08/07/13 Email says we are OOT and reviewed
• 06/28/13 Received phone call approval for matching grant through James Fund via LifeSong
• 06/25/13 LID  (yay!)
• 06/13/13 Received email notification of denial of another grant :(
• 06/10/13 Received email notification of denial of matching grant
• 06/07/13 DTC -- Our dossier has been submitted online :)
• 06/03/13 Unable to submit dossier today due to CCCWA updating system not quite complete
• 05/31/13 Dossier documents returned from Houston; ready to submit dossier
• 05/21/13 Dossier documents sent to Houston to be authenticated
• 05/14/13 Mailed grant application Promise686
• 05/11/13 Received I800A approval in the mail
• 05/06/13 I800A Approved
• 04/25/13 Biometrics fingerprinting done in Atlanta
• 04/16/13 Mailed 2 more grant applications -LifeSong and Show Hope
• 04/11/13 Received email denial of matching grant application :(
• 04/11/13 Received biometrics fingerprint appointment scheduled for Apr. 26th
• 04/04/13 Mailed 2 grant applications --start praying please!
• 04/04/13 Mailed Care Package to Little Guy via USPS
• 03/29/13 Received email notification from USCIS our application was received
• 03/26/13 I800A application overnighted to USCIS
• 03/21/13 Homestudy APPROVED
• 03/21/13 Received pre-approval for our little guy
• 03/13/13 Submitted LOI for our little guy
• 03/10/13 Homestudy report is typed and in review
• 02/28/13 Received email with updated photos and notice that our care package was received
• 02/23/13 Attended International Adoption Clinic Seminar at UAB
• 02/19/13 Received passports in mail
• 02/07/13 Applied for passports
• 02/01/13 5th and final homestudy visit
• 01/24/13 Mailed Care Package to Faith via USPS
• 01/21/13 Fourth homestudy visit
• 01/18/13 Third homestudy visit
• 01/02/13 Second homestudy visit
• 12/26/12 GBI fingerprints
• 12/26/12 FBI fingerprints sent by FedEx
• 12/20/12 Received Pre-Approval from China
• 12/20/12 First homestudy visit via phone
• 12/13/12 LOI submitted
• 12/04/12 Accepted by Lifeline, LOI started
• 11/27/12 Applied with Lifeline