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Friday, April 22, 2005

Our timeline (yep, all the gory details)

  • 2/3/05: Start homestudy (HS)
  • 2/6/05: i600-A form to INS
  • 2/9/05: LiveScan fingerprinting
  • 3/6/05: INS request i134 + more docs
  • 3/12/05: DBI Tenprinter fingerprinting
  • 3/18/05: i134 + docs to INS
  • 4/6/05: HS to INS
  • 4/20/05: INS rejects HS (tells us to change 1 word)
  • 4/22/05: New HS to INS
  • 6/15/05: i171-H, INS approval to adopt
  • 6/16/05: Sec of state certification (Sacto)
  • 6/16/05: Chinese consulate authentication (SF)
  • 6/29/05: DTC! (Dossier to China)
  • 7/14/05: Dossier logged in China (LID)
  • 4/25/06: Re-fingerprinted
  • 8/28/06: Got our referral!!!
  • 9/21/06: Got TA
  • China trip (Oct 20 to Nov 4)
  • Home as a family of 4!

4 comments:

  1. AUGUST 28, 2006

    Referrals are here!

    The day your lives changed FOREVER!
    Congratulations!

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  2. I actually remember the day you got your referral....I was a lurker back then and did not blog myself.....yours was one of the first blogs that I followed! What a glorious day it was.....and I loved that you captured the moment on video for all of us to see!! Who would have thought....TWINS!!!

    Thanks for sharing your timeline.....I know it seemed like a long wait when you thought it was only going to be 6 months. One year seemed like forever....who would have thought that we would still be waiting almost THREE years later!

    Enjoy your Sunday!

    Lisa

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  3. so cool, wish i'd known your blog way back then :O)

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  4. Anonymous11/23/2008

    I remember almost all of it..being the first commenter on your blog and all. I specifically remember wth glee the day of the certification!!!! HAHA Well, and of course, I'll never let TubaDad live down Referral day. Hmmmmm

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