October 2011 Decide to Adopt
November 25- Send Adoption Application to CCAI
November 25, 2011 Medical Checklist sent
December 8, 2011 Application APPROVED
January 12, 2012 First FEE is paid/
January 18, 2012 Phone conference with SW to begin and learn how to prepare dossier
February 16,2012 First Homestudy
March 29 , 2012 Second and final Homestudy
April 3,2012 mailed documents to Secretary of State and mailed 1800a form to agency
April 10, 2012 Received documents back from Secretary of State (my thoughts. EASY PEEZY )
Mailed documents to Grant in Houston for him to walk in the bulk of papers to the Houston Consulate
May 17, 2012 Received Documents back from Grant
June 6 , 2012 USCIS Fingerprinting appointment
June 11, 2012 Received 1800 Form (33 days to process)
June 11, 2012 Mailed Bulk of our Dossier for Critical Review
June 11, 2012 Mailed HomeStudy and I797 Form to State Department for Certification
June 12, 2012 DOSSIER (11./13 docs) arrives at CCAI for Critical Review --YIPEE
June 15, 2012 Received the above from the State Department (Super quick turn around time, 4 days)
July 12, 2012 DTC ; DOSSIER TO CHINA (about 6 months total for paper chasing)
November 12, 2012 REFERRAL PHONE CALL at 6:08 pm
November 16,2012 : LOI Submitted
November 19, 2012: FILED LOCKED
December 3, 2012 PRE APRROVAL
December 7, 2012 OUT OF TRANSLATION (OOT)
December 21, 2012 LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE (LOA....a mere 32 days from PA..and only 14 from OOT)
January 10, 2013 I-800 receipt
January 14, 2013 I-800 approval in the mail.
January 17, 2013 CABLED to Guangzhou
January 18, 2013 PDF to Guangzhou
January 22, 2013 ARTICLE 5 DROP OFF
February 5, 2013 ARTICLE 5 PICKED UP!!!! AGHHH, officially waiting for TRAVEL!!!!
February 27, 2013 TRAVEL APPROVAL
