Timeline


Apr-11 Homestudy began
Jul-11 Signed with Holt
6/28/11 Found Jospehine, but another family is
currently reviewing
7/13/11 Received information for Josephine
to review
07/20/11 Asked for additional information about
Josephine's development
08/20/11 Filed I800A
08/23/11 Received additional information from her
orphanage and asked to hold her for me
08/24/11 Josephine went off Great Walls list to Holt
08/26/11 Sent LOI (Letter of Intent)
9/2/11 LOI uploaded in china
9/7/11 Got fingerprinted
9/29/11 800A
10/14/11 DTC (Dossier to China)
10/18/2011 LID (Logged in Date)
12/14/2011 LOA!
02/03/2012 Article 5 Pickup
02/16/2012Travel Approval
03/13/2012 Travel to CHINA!!!!!
03/29/2012 Homecoming


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

LOA is here

Letter of Acceptance is the official document that China has APPROVED us for Josephine.  We had Preapproval, so we weren't too worried, but nevertheless, it's a giant step ahead.  With this document in our hands, our agency can better estimate travel dates.....and they estimate March!  So, yesterday I spent several hours completing the I-800 (Provisional Approval with the USCIS), I-864, and gathering supporting documents to show compliance with Hague, such as my 10 hours of training certficiates, copies of all child material, and signed copy of LOA.

 Then, I dropped it off at Federal Express, once again close to tears knowing the unbelievable impact these documents have on our family and a precious child across the wold waiting  to be united forever!!!  The federal express worker, looked at me as I held the documents out to her  and said "she'd take good care of them".