Adoption #1 Timeline

• 7/7/07 - Made decision to pursue international adoption
• 9/20/07 - Mailed adoption application to CHI
• 10/4/07 - Officially approved by CHI to adopt from Russia!
• 10/17/2007 - Mailed I-600A to USCIS
• 10/26/07 - First home study visit
• 11/16/07 - Home tour
• 11/21/07 - Final home study visit
• 11/28/07 - CIS fingerprint appointment
• 12/21/07 - Home study written
• 1/4/08 - Home study approved by all parties and mailed to DHR
• 1/9/08 - Corrected home study mailed to DHR
• 1/11/08 - Home study approved by DHR and forwarded to CIS - only took 5 days!
• 1/25/08 - Date CIS should begin processing our home study
• 1/30/08 - Received I-797!!!!!!!!
• 2/9/08 - Registration Docs. Completed and Mailed to CHI!!
• 2/25/08 - One more try...new set of Registration Documents mailed to CHI
• 3/7/08 - Registration Documents sent to Russia!!
• 5/1/08 - Accepted Cheboksary as our assigned region
• 10/8/08- Dossier documents sent to Russia
• 12/17/08 - Home study addendum completed
• 2/6/09 - USCIS re-fingerprint appointment
• 2/10/09 - Changed to Astrakhan region
• 4/2/09 - Changed to Yaroslavl region
• 4/29/09 - Yaroslavl documents mailed to Russia
• 6/16/09 - Received word that we are getting registered in Yaroslavl and should be the next family to travel.
• 9/18/09 - Back to Astrakhan we go!
• 11/24/09 - Referral Call - it's a GIRL!!!
• 12/2/09 - Travel Dates Given!!
• 12/11/09-12/21/09 - Trip One!
• 12/15/09 - Met our sweet Daughter for the First Time!
• 2/18/10 - Approximate Court Date Given
• 2/28/10 - Offical Court and Travel Dates Received - Leaving in 3 weeks!
• 3/19/10 - Leave for Trip #2
• 3/23/10 - Court! Judge said "yes"!
• 4/6/10 - Gotcha Day!!
• 4/20/10 - Finally home!!