Applied to Options for Youth and Families for Home Study – 7/1/14
Applied to CCAI for adoption services – 7/1/14
Home Study agency approval – 7/1/14
CCAI approval – 7/2/14
First Home Study appointment – 7/9/14
Medical Conditions Checklist completed (match clock starts!) – 7/17/14
Second Home Study appointment + training – 7/22/14
Third Home Study appointment – 8/14/14
Parent Training completed! – 9/4/14
Home Study reviewed by us – 9/17/14
Home Study sent to CCAI for review – 9/18/14
Immigration Paperwork sent in, YAY!! – 10/8/14
Biometric Fingerprints for Immigration – 11/12/14
Immigration Approval – 11/20/14
Documents certified Cuyahoga County: 12/9/14
Documents certified Sandusky County: 12/12/14
Jia’s file received: 12/12/14
Secretary of State certification: 12/17/14
We said YES!!!!: 12/18/14
Letter of intent sent to CCCWA: 12/18/14
Pre approval received: 12/25/14 (Merry Christmas to us!)
Dossier sent to the NY China Consulate: 1/16/15
Dossier sent to CCAI: 2/23/15
Documents to China (DTC) – 3/13/15
Dossier arrives in China – 3/17/15
Dossier Logged In (LID) – 3/20/15
Soft LOA – 5/7/15
Hard LOA – 5/11/15
I800 to lockbox – 5/18/15
GUZ # received (so we can apply for Jia’s Visa) – 6/2/15
Visa application done (DS260) – 6/10/15
Article 5 pick up: 6/18/15
TRAVEL APPROVAL!!: 6/25/15
Consulate Appointment scheduled: 6/26/15 (Appointment scheduled for 7/21/15)
Get on a plane!: 7/8/15
FAMILY DAY!!: 7/13/15
Home from China: 7/25/15
6 month home study visit: 1/6/16