Ok, so while we wait for immigration to get things straightened out (the latest is that they didn't notice we had sent international birth and marriage certificates and demanded translations - don't get me started!!!), let's take a look at the two adoptions so you can get an idea of what type of "labor" adoptive parents have to go through!!!!
MIA'S ADOPTION:
Formal Application to Agency - July 2004
Application to Immigration - September 2004
Fingerprints - September 2004
Homestudy Completed - November 2004
Homestudy Mailed to Immigration - November 2004
Homestudy Lost Between Agency and Immigration - January 2005
GA Background Check Request Submitted Incorrectly - January 2005
Homestudy Back to Immigration - February 2005
Immigration Clearance - February 2005
Dossier to Agency - March 2005
Dossier to China - March 2005
Referral - December 2005
Travel - February 2006
EMMA'S ADOPTION:
Referral - September 2007
Formal Application - September 2007
Application to Immigration - September 2007
Homestudy Started - October 2007
Social Worker House Burned Down - November 2007
Homestudy Complete - November 2007
Homestudy to Agency - December 2007
Homestudy to Immigration - January 2008
Fingerprints - January 2008
Immigration Approval - LET'S HOPE SOON
Travel - Hoping for June
So, as you can see, nothing ever goes as planned. Even if you try hard, something is always going to go wrong, no matter what. The funny thing is that if we really travel to pick up Emma in June, it will be a 9-month pregnancy. Hehehehehe! With Mia it was more of an elephant pregnancy!!!!!!!!!
Mike gets back on Saturday. Thank God. I am ready.
Love to all,
Laura
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