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!

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