Timeline for Mia
10/11/02 Decision is Made. Yea! We are going to have a little
girl!
10/18/02 The Great Paper Chase Begins
10/22/02 Birth and Marriage Certificates Obtained
10/31/02 Fingerprinted at the County Jail for Home Study
11/01/02 Turned in Application to Lifeline for Home Study
11/05/02 Signed with our Adoption Agency, AWAA
11/18/02 INS I-600 Filed
11/26/02 First Home Study Visit
11/27/02 Steve and Tina to Doctor for Physicals
12/06/02 Second Home Study Visit
12/06/02 Fingerprinted for INS
12/16/02 Third Home Study Visit
12/20/02 Fourth Home Study Visit
01/03/03 Home Study Complete/Wait on ABI Fingerprint Clearance
02/10/03 Police Reports (Or Lack Thereof!) Obtained
03/18/03 After Long Wait, State Fingerprint Clearance Received
03/18/03 Home Study Sent to INS
04/17/03 INS 171 Received!
04/18/03 All Documents to Montgomery for State Certification
04/19/03 Dossier Sent to Chinese Consulate in Houston
04/25/03 Receive Authenticated Documents from Consulate
04/26/03 Dossier to AWAA
05/02/03 Dossier Sent to China!
05/06/03 Dossier Received and Signed for at CCAA in Beijing
05/13/03 Dossier Logged in at CCAA
01/21/04 ****REFERRAL!!!!!****
03/04/04 *****TRAVEL!!!!!*****
03/08/04 *****GOTCHA!!!!*****
Timeline for Katie Yan Yan
11/22/04 Letter of Intent to Adopt signed and sent to agency
12/03/04 Letter of Intent to Adopt sent to China
12/23/04 Home study complete
01/06/05 Home study sent to USCIS (formerly INS)
01/17/05 Pre-approval recieved from China
01/18/05 USCIS Fingerprint appointment
02/05/05 I 171H received
02/07/05 Documents hand delivered to Austin for certification
02/08/05 Documents hand delivered to Houston for authentication
02/09/05 Dossier sent to agency
02/11/05 Dossier sent to China!!!
02/24/05 Dossier logged in at CCAA
