Our Timeline

• November 2009:          Our hearts stirred for adoption
• October 2011:              Application sent to Holt
• October 6, 2011:           Application approved by Holt for 

                                                        China program

• November 15, 2011:     1st Home Study visit
• November 22, 2011:     2nd Home Study visit
• December 6, 2011:        3rd and 4th Home Study visit
• January 17, 2012:          Holt approved Home Study
• January 18, 2012:          I-800A sent to USCIS
• January 24, 2012:          I-800A received
• February 10, 2012:       Officially in the CCOP Program
• (China Child of Promise)
• February 16, 2012:        Fingerprinted for USCIS
• February 21, 2012:        I-800A approved! 
• February 24, 2012         I-797 received
• March 3, 2012:              Parenting class for Hague requirements
• March 5, 2012               Dossier sent to Washington for 

                                                          Authentication

• March 15, 2012             Dossier received with U.S State Dept 

                                                           and Chinese Embassy authentication!

• March 16, 2012             Dossier sent to agency in Oregon
• March 17, 2012             2nd parenting class for Hague training:  

                                                           Complete!

• March 20, 2012             Notified by agency that dossier is approved

                                                           and will be shipped to China on Friday! 

• March 23, 2012            Dossier shipped off to China.  Hooray! 
• March 26, 2012            Referral!!  It's a Girl!
• March 29, 2012            LID!  Log in Date (in China)
• April 10, 2012              Accepted our referral for our daughter -

                                                      LOI (Letter of Intent) sent to China for
                                                      our little girl: Lena Fen-Rose  

• May 30, 2012                LOA!  Letter of Approval received from China
• June 8, 2012                  I-800 application sent to USCIS
• June 14, 2012                Grant received from JSC Foundation!  Yay!
• June 25, 2012                I-800 Approval received
• July 5, 2012                   NVC (National Visa Center) confirmation 

                                                        letter received

• July 6, 2012                   Hague documents sent to China by Holt
• July 24, 2012                 Article 5 issued, sent to Bejing CCAA
• August 7, 2012              Travel Approval received from China!