Follow our adoption timeline:
February 15, 2015- Fell in love with "Royce" on RR
February 17, 2015- Given "Royce's" file
February 23, 2015- Sent in commitment paperwork for "Royce"
February 25, 2015- Fingerprinting for Dossier
February 27, 2015- Given recent pictures and videos of "Royce"
March 2, 2015- First home study meeting
March 3, 2015- Signed service agreement with adoption agency
March 7, 2015- Maggie applied for passport
March 10, 2015- Second home study meeting
March 14, 2015- COMMITMENT APPROVAL!!! (Exactly 1 month into the process)
March 16, 2015- Sent in FBI background checks to get apostilled
March 17, 2015- Third (final) home study meeting
May 1, 2015- Maggie's Passport arrived
May 1, 2015- Maggie's Passport arrived
May 4, 2015- Received Notarized copies of home study
May 5, 2015- Sent in USCIS I-800A Application
May 6, 2015- Sent in Dossier documents to be apostilled by Secretary of State & sent rest of Dossier documents to adoption agency
May 8, 2015- USCIS I800A application was received
May 16, 2015- All Dossier documents (except I800A approval) were sent to adoption country to be translated
May 29, 2015- USCIS Biometrics Fingerprinting was completed
June 8, 2015- Received I800A Approval in the mail- sent it to be apostilled
June 15, 2015- I800A was mailed to country
July 3, 2015- Received verbal approval
July 15, 2015- Received written referral
August 21-August 30, 2015- Trip 1 (Met Rhett August 24, 2015)
August 26, 2015- Sent in USCIS I-800 Application
August 31, 2015- Completed updated fingerprints/medicals
September 14, 2015- Received I-800 Approval
September 24, 2015- Received Visa Center Case Number
October 1, 2015- Article 5
October 9, 2015- Article 5 submitted to MOJ
October 21(ish), 2015- Documents in court & assigned a judge
November 5, 2015- Received Court date for November 16
November 16, 2015- Court!!!
May 5, 2015- Sent in USCIS I-800A Application
May 6, 2015- Sent in Dossier documents to be apostilled by Secretary of State & sent rest of Dossier documents to adoption agency
May 8, 2015- USCIS I800A application was received
May 16, 2015- All Dossier documents (except I800A approval) were sent to adoption country to be translated
May 29, 2015- USCIS Biometrics Fingerprinting was completed
June 8, 2015- Received I800A Approval in the mail- sent it to be apostilled
June 15, 2015- I800A was mailed to country
July 3, 2015- Received verbal approval
July 15, 2015- Received written referral
August 21-August 30, 2015- Trip 1 (Met Rhett August 24, 2015)
August 26, 2015- Sent in USCIS I-800 Application
August 31, 2015- Completed updated fingerprints/medicals
September 14, 2015- Received I-800 Approval
September 24, 2015- Received Visa Center Case Number
October 1, 2015- Article 5
October 9, 2015- Article 5 submitted to MOJ
October 21(ish), 2015- Documents in court & assigned a judge
November 5, 2015- Received Court date for November 16
November 16, 2015- Court!!!
