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Saturday, July 12, 2008
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About Me
Chosen
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously
My own.
Never forget
For a single minute:
You didn't grow under my heart
But in it.
Unknown
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The Twins Arrival
Our Journey Timeline
- July 3- Prayerfully decided to delay adoption until sometime after the twins are born
- July 2- Had sonogram found out we are having twins
- June 27- Received FBI clearance; Fedexed to Austin for authentication
- June 17- Completed FBI fingerprints; FedExed them to FBI headquarters
- June 13- Received some new requirements
- June 8- Completed dossier sent to Austin for authentication; should be back in two weeks. Found out we are pregnant
- June 7- Received our USCIS approval to adopt a foreign born orphan!
- May 1-USCIS fingerprinting complete!!!
- April 23- Received referral for fingerprinting appointment from USCIS! Have to redo some of dossier per our agency
- April 22- Mailed completed dossier off to AA for approval for authentication in Austin; still waiting on USCIS for fingerprinting appointment for immigration approval
- April 11- Mailed a copy of the home study report to USCIS
- April 10- Home study report ready!
- April 5- Received our State Police Clearance checks; we passed!!!
- April 1- Home study interviews completed!!!
- March 31- Amber completed doctor exam for the dossier
- March 29- Began blog
- March 28- Amber completed her fingerprinting for the criminal background check
- March 24- Tony completed his fingerprinting for the criminal background check
- March 19- Went to Denton and collected four certified copies of our marriage license for the dossier
- March 17- Re-mailed our I 600 a form to Dallas Field Office; this time with correct fee amount!
- March 15- Received first lesson from the government: Always triple check anything you send them because they will send it back if it's wrong
- March 14- Continued working on the dossier; made doctor appointments and many, many phone calls regarding requirements
- March 13- Received our dossier list from Ally; worked on it for eight hours, stayed up until 2 am
- March 10- Mailed our I 600a form to the USCIS Dallas Field office; turned in completed paperwork for the home study to Little Miracles
- March 7- Received first email from Ally, our case worker with Adoption Ark
- March 4- Visited our social worker, Deborah, and collected all the paperwork to begin our homestudy
- March 3- Mailed our application and contract to Adoption Ark in Illinois!
- March 1- Realized our baby girl is in Kyrgyzstan; began seriously researching the agencies registered to facilitate adoptions there
- February 27- Decided we couldn't spend four weeks in Khazsikstan, but did decide to use Little Miracles as our home study agency. Began researching Kyrgyzstan in depth
- February 26- Talked with Little Miracles here in Amarillo; found out about Khazsikstan
- February 25- Called several agencies to talk with their staff and research more countries; found out about Kyrgyzstan
- February 24- Looked at different countries and agencies
- February 23- AWAA seminar; realized she was not in China
- February 10- Signed up for AWAA seminar
- February 9- Started researching agencies and countries
- February 5, 2008- Realized God's time for us to adopt was right now
- February 2007- Began prayerfully considering adoption
Adoption Jargon
Home Study- each state has its own requirements for completing a home study; most, if not all, require a series of interviews with a social worker licensed in your state, as well as, an overview of the actual home where the child will live. There are doctor letters and/or appointments where many blood tests are run. Police background clearance checks and some require a driving record check. Texas' requirements are relatively simple and as a result we have been able to completed it very quickly. Friends of mine in other states have been required to do much, much more. One had to have an actual fire marshall come to her house and complete an inspection. She also had to have an environmental officer collect 51 vials of water among other things to check for health regulations. We are very blessed to live in Texas for many reasons.
I 600a- This is the form we have to file with the USCIS (immigration dept.) in order to adopt a foreign born orphan. This is one of the last things we need to have in order to send our dossier to Washington for translation.
Dossier- This is what all of our paperwork is called when it is completed. There are many documents that make up the dossier, the petition to adopt, the home study, police clearances, doctor letters, marriage licenses, birth certificates, and on and on. And EVERYTHING has to be notarized. When we have this all together we will send it to the agency for approval, then to the Sec. of State in Austin for authentication, and then to Washington for translation. After that, it is off to Kyrgyzstan!
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