Married for 19 years to my high school sweetheart, blessed to be called mom to two amazing boys and a beautiful daughter from China, and completely in awe of God's plan to welcome home another daughter late this fall or winter from China!
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Shay's Referral Info:
Chinese Name: Pan Xia Birth Date: March 1, 2007 Province: Sichuan
Shay's Time Line:
12/11/13 Saw her picture for the first time and contacted agency 12/12/13 She is part of an orphanage partnership and does not have her file completed yet, but is 'on hold' for us! 1/27/13 Homestudy sent to agency for review 2/6/14 Homestudy approved by agency! 2/12/14 I800A receipt date 3/11/14 Fingerprinted for I800A 3/19/14 I800A approval! 35 days! 3/24/14 Received approval. Wrong address recorded! 3/26/14 Received corrected I800A aproval 4/2/14 Dossier documents completed- notarized, certified and authenticated at NY. Sent to agency 4/4/14 Agency realized wrong fees quoted previously. Have to resubmit prior to DTC which is only done on Fridays. 4/11/14 DTC!!!!!! Yay! 4/21/14 LID!!! 4/23/14 Our daughter's file is "completed at the orphanage level and is at the provincial level." Still waiting for it to be released to our agency and then to us. 6/25/14 CCCWA received Shay's file 7/9/14 BAAS received batch of files, but ours wasn't included. 7/18/14 LOI/PA Finally received Shay's file! Praise God! 8/4/14 Received word that we are OOT (Out of translation) 9/11/14 Our dossier is reviewed and forwarded to the Matching Room! 9/22/14 LOA!!!! 9/23/14 Sent our I800 application to USCIS 10/7/14 I800 Approval! (great birthday present for mom!) 10/10/14 Rec'd GUZ number 10/14/14 DS260 paperwork completed online 10/15/14 PDF/ NVC Cable 10/16/14 Article 5 Drop Off 10/30/14 Article 5 Pick Up 11/4/14 TA 11/5/14 CA scheduled for Dec 3! 11/18/14 Leave for China!! 12/5/14 HOME!!!
Emily's Referral Info:
Chinese Name: He Xue Qing Birth Date: March 31, 2009 Province: Guangxi
Emily's Time Line:
2/26/12 Submitted LOI (Letter of Intent to China) 3/1/12 Recieved PA!! (Pre-Approval from China to adopt Emily) 3/7/12 Started Homestudy 4/12/12 Final Homestudy visit 5/10/12 Homestudy sent to BAAS for approval 5/31/12 Homestudy notorized and I800A paperwork sent 6/18/12 Walked in for fingerprinting 7/16/12 I800A approval (approval from US to adopt) 7/27/12 DTC (Dossier to China) 8/2/12 LID (Log in date) 9/24/12 LOA!! (Final letter of approval from China giving us permission to adopt Emily) 10/5/12 I800 Approval (appproval from the US to specifically adopt Emily) 10/17/12 NVC 10/18/12 Article 5 Drop-off 11/01/12 Article 5 Pick-up 11/08/12 TA 11/09/12 CA 11/28/12 Leave for China! 12/3/12 Emily Day!! 12/13/12 HOME!!
LID= Log In Date. This means that our Dossier arrived in China and is now being translated. YAY! The countdown for our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) begins!
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