5/08/07 Selected potential Taiwan agency
5/10/07 Contacted CCAI about new China requirements (we qualify)
5/14/07 Received CCAI application
5/15/07 Submitted CCAI appliction (mailed it) (fee waived for second-time adoption!)
5/15/07 Contacted Adoption Options, our homestudy agency
5/15/07 Received Financial Statement/Verification of 90-day average bank account balances from our bank
5/17/07 Received homestudy application paperwork and filled it out. (Fee waived for second-time adoption!)
5/18/07 Delivered homestudy application and 2 photos of each of us to our homestudy agency (Adoption Options). Paid first homestudy fee.
5/21/07 Received homestudy packet/information.
5/22/07 Application officially accepted by CCAI. Received medical risk document and fee payment schedule to get notarized and to return.
5/24/07 Jason's first physical appointment
5/25/07 Request for criminal clearance letters at the County Sheriff
5/25/07 Notarized CCAI agreement and risk statement
5/25/07 Mailed CCAI agreement, risk statement, and first fee
5/25/07 Mailed I600A with fee for processing and fingerprinting
5/27/07 Asked two friends to write letters of reference
5/27/07 Asked future (potential) guardians to write letter of guardianship
5/30/07 Received Fingerprint referral notices for week of June 4th
6/1/07 Received criminal clearances in the mail
6/3/07 Requested letter of recommendation from preschool teachers
6/3/07 Requested letters of reference from two more friends
6/5/07 Karen's DOJ fingerprints
6/6/07 Karen's USCIS fingerprints6/20/07 Jason's USCIS fingerprints
6/20/07 Jason's lab work for medical exam
6/21/07 Mailed agency documentation to home study agency
6/26/07 phone call from Jason's doctor letting us know his lab results are in (yeah!)
6/26/07 Karen orders birth certificates from New Jersey via vital chek
6/28/07 Karen's physical exam
6/28/07 Paperwork to pediatrician for the kids
6/29/07 Karen's blood work and TB test
6/29/07 Jason's DOJ fingerprinting
7/1/07 in-home visit w/ social worker
7/2/07 Karen's additional blood work (b/c first set didn't include Hep B results)
7/25/07 Mailed request for certification of Karen's birth certificate to State of New Jersey
7/27/07 Casey's TB test
7/30/07 Casey medical form completed
7/30/07 Received Karen's birth certificate from NJ
7/31/07 Kare's medical form completed
8/1/07 Jason attempts to get missing labwork completed, but lab closes early
8/1/07 Received medical insurance verification
8/1/07 Marcie's medical form completed
8/1/07 Karen & Jason request employment verification
8/1/07 Mailed all documentation and photos to homestudy agency
8/22/07 Mailed Jason's employment verification and final payment, post placement fees, and post placement deposits to homestudy agency
8/29/07 Homestudy draft sent to CCAI for review
8/30/07 Homestudy draft given the green light for finalization
9/11/07 Walked in the homestudy to USCIS and received our I-171H in return!
9/12/07 Notarized all adoption documents
9/12/07 Certified all adoption documents with County Clerk
9/12/07 Certified all adoption documents with Secretary of State
9/13/07 Overnighted dossier documents to Red Tape Solution, courier service to deliver paperwork to Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
9/14/07 Chinese Consulate authenticated all our documents
9/18/07 Received authenticated documents
9/19/07 Karen's passport photos for dossier; selected Family Life and Couple photos for dossier
9/20/07 Jason's passport photos for dossier; printed photos; completed photocopies to Fed Ex dossier to CCAI
9/21/07 Dossier packet mailed to CCAI via Fed Ex
9/24/07 Confirmation of dossier received by CCAI-- dossier enters critical review
10/1/07 Out of critical review! On to translation. Should be mailed within a week.
