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http://johnandchristinaanderson.blogspot.com/2011/02/pampered-chef-online-fundraiser-party.htmlPAPERWORK:
Home Study Checklist: application done
- Family History Data Form
- John
- Christina
- DHHS Agency Request for Information from the Nebraska Adult & Child Abuse & neglect Registry
- John
- Christina
- Self Study Outline: (39 questions - 7 pages)
- John
- Christina
- Autobiography
- John ( 4 pages)
- Christina ( 5 pages)
- State Fingerprinting
- prints
- John
- Christina
- mailed off
- John
- Christina
- Background Check Release Form
- comleted
- John
- Christina
- mailed off
- John
- Christina
- Physicians Report
- John
- Christina
- Contract Services Signed
- John
- Christina
- Reference List
- Monthly Income & Expense Form
- Release of Information Form
- Application for Homestudy
- Copy of Most Recent IRS Tax Form
- Agency waiting to receive reference letters:
- 1st Letter sent
- 2nd Letter sent
- 3rd Letter sent
- 4th Letter sent
- Agency waiting to receive state fingerprinting information
- Agency waiting to receive National Adult/Child Abuse/Neglect Registry Information
- Home Visits (will start after the above info if turned in - will go something like below)
- 1st visit - together
- 2nd visit - together
- 3rd visit - individual - Christina & John
- 4th visit - in our home
- Home Study information compiled for our family
- Home Study Draft turned in for approval by America World (our adoption agency)
- 1st Approval
- Final Approval
Dossier Checklist: DTE August 27, 2010
(DTE: Dossier to Ethiopia)
Below is our overall list for Dossier Preparation. We have to send in copies of everything to our Family coordinator for approval before having notarized. We have done this with almost everything we can so far. We will have to wait on the Home Study Agency to get much more moving forward. As you can tell we'll be taking one big "Notarization" day. Probably going to finish our Financial Statement after the sale of our house and then make a notarization trip. The things in orange have at least 1 more step to finish for each - most being the notarization/final approval steps. We are pleased with our progress so far.
- Dossier Cover Sheet
- Notarized
- State Certified
- Application Letter
- 1st Approval
- Notarized
- Final Approval
- Husband Birth Certificate
- Final Approval
- Wife Birth Certificate
- Final Approval
- Marriage Certificate
- Final Approval
- Husband Physical Form/Letter
- Final Approval of Form
- Final Approval of Letter
- Wife Physical Form/Letter
- Final Approval of Form
- Final Approval of Letter
- Proof of Medical Insurance
- 1st Approval
- Notarized Copy of Original
- Final Approval
- Proof of Life Insurance
- 1st Approval
- Notarized Copy of Original
- Final Approval
- Financial Statement (waiting until close of our house in AR to make more simple)
- 1st Approval
- Notarized
- Final Approval
- Husband Employment Letter
- 1st Approval
- Notarized
- Final Approval
- Wife's Non-Employment Letter
- 1st Approval
- Notarized
- Final Approval
- 3 letters of Reference
- 1 - 1st Approval
- 2 - 1st Approval
- 3 - 1st Approval
- 1 - Final Approval
- 2 - Final Approval
- 3 - Final Approval
- Home Study
- 1st Approval of Rough Draft
- Final Approval of Final Copy
- Husbands Police Report
- Ordered to be Notarized
- Final Approval
- Wife Police Report
- Ordered to be Notarized
- Final Approval
- USCIS Approval Form- I-171H - fingerprints done 7/23/2010 - waiting approval
- received I171-H on August 18th, 2010
- Mailed to AWAA on Friday 20th and it arrived to AWAA Monday the 23rd.
- Power of Attorney
- Notarized
- Final Approval to be Certified
- State Certified
- Agency Post Placement Commitment (waiting on Home Study Agency to complete & sign this form)
- 2 Sets of Photocopies of All above mentioned Document and Certification Pages
- Photo Pages
- Final Approval
- 2 Sets of Color Copies Made
- Husband Passport
- Final Approval
- 3 sets of Color Copies
- Wife Passport
- Final Approval
- 3 sets of Color Copies
- Husband Passport Photos
- Final Approval
- Wife Passport Photos
- Final Approval
- Ethiopia Dossier Information & Fees Paid Sheet
TIMELINE:
* September 4th, 2010 - Dossier made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -
we wait for referral - average from 4 - 11 month wait
* August 27th, 2010 - DTE Date (dte: dossier to ethiopia)
* August 23rd, 2010 - Dossier arrived to AWAA for review
* August 20th, 2010 - mailed Dossier to America World Adoption Agency
* August 18th, 2010 - received I171-H in the mail
* July 26th, 2010 - Certification for Dossier Cover Sheet & Power of
Attorney completed and pd for at Secretary of States office in
Lincoln, NE -
* July 23rd, 2010 - Biometrics complete - we were able to get in
ahead of our scheduled appointment time
* July 21st, 2010 - Received Appointment Notices in the mail -
biometrics scheduled for August 13th, 2010
* July 16th, 2010 - Biometrics appointments made and Appointment
Notice sent out to us
* July 13th, 2010 - USCIS in Lees Summit received our Home Study
* July 12th, 2010 - Home Study Fedex-ed to USCIS for approval to
bring Nora into the US -
* July 12th, 2010 - Home Study FINALIZED!!! Huge step complete!! :)
* July 1st, 2010 - Home Study Rough Draft sent to Family Coordinator @ America World Adoption Agency
* June 14th, 2010 - Home Study Visit - Family in our Home -
* June 10th, 2010 - Home Study Visit - Both
* June 3rd, 2010 - Home Study Visit - John
* May 27th, 2010 - Home Study Visit - Christina
* May 25th, 2010 - Home Study Visit - BOTH OF US
* May 5th, 2010 - Had several pages of our paperwork Notarized
for Dossier; waiting on Home Study Agency to receive final
reference letter, police report, national registry information
she should have it by now and is supposed to be calling to
check --do you see how much time is taken up just waiting! :)
part of the process
* April 9th, 2010 - Picked up Physicians Forms & turned in Home
Study Application
* April 7th, 2010 - Physicians Visits for us both w/ lab work & tb
skin test - John's Passport Photos Taken -
* April 6th, 2010 - Mailed out State Fingerprinting Info for Home
Study/Dossier; I-600a application
arrived to it's destination (not that they'll take off on that
immediately or anything :) ), but it's there - Christina Passport
Photos taken
* April 5th, 2010 - Mailed out I-600A to USCIS
; received approval on several documents for Dossier
* April 2nd, 2010 - State Fingerprinting at our local State Patrol
Office;contacted people on our reference list to let them know
they will be getting contacted soon.
* April 1st, 2010 - Received our Application for our Home Study
Agency - Nebraska Christian Services
* March 31st, 2010 - Assigned our Family Coordinator &
Received Dossier Specifics - moving forward in the paper work
process
* March 30th, 2010 - Completed Hague Convention Certification
- * March 29th, 2010 - Contacted by Home Study Agency to start Application process for them
- * March 26th, 2010 - Confirmation our paperwork/fee arrived & Family Coordinator will be assigned this week
- * March 25th , 2010 - registered for Hague Convention Videos
- * March 25, 2010 - Signed/Mailed First Set of Paperwork & sent initial program fee
- * March 24, 2010 - WE ARE APPROVED
- * March 15, 2010 - Ordered Copies of Birth Certificates & Marriage License
- * March 14, 2010 - Submitted Online Application with America World Adoption Agency
- * March 13, 2010 - Confirmed we would adopt from Ethiopia & Skyped our Parents to let them know
- * March 9, 2010 - Confirmed Decision to Adopt
