Timeline to Fisher

Our Timeline to Fisher

3/16/11 -- Home together -- Family Day
3/14/11 -- Embassy Appointment and approval
2/23/11 -- Confirmed by Embassy
1/27/11 -- Additional Paperwork to Embassy
1/26/11 -- scheduled for Embassy
1/14/11 -- Embassy needs more paperwork
12/30/10 -- received BC
12/24/10 -- received Adoption Decree
12/7 -- 3rd Court Date
12/6 -- Fisher is officially ours
11/23 -- 2nd Court Date -- did not pass
11/12 -- First Court Date
11/4 -- Leave for Ethiopia
10/7/10 -- received court date of 11/12
10/7/10 -- got email approval from USICS
9/30/10 -- sent off documents for Request for Evidence to USCIS
9/28/10 -- Courts reopen in Ethiopia
9/21/10 -- USCIS fingerprint appt.
8/25/10 -- USCIS check cashed
8/23/10 -- I-600a Received by USCIS
8/20/10 -- Documents submitted to court
7/20/10 -- Matched Officially in Ethiopia with Fisher
7/12/10 -- Dossier sent to Washington
7/1/10 -- Dossier sent to IAN
6/29/10 -- LSSI received our home study approval
5/4/10 -- Homestudy done and sent to DCFS for approval
4/20/10 -- Last visit from social worker for homestudy.
4/13/10 -- Officially signed the papers for a waiting child, one step closer to Fisher.
4/9/10 -- Decided to take a waiting 5 year old
4/8/10 -- Couple interview w/ SW
3/25/10 -- Jill and Kids meet w/SW
3/23/10 -- Peter Interview for HS
3/12/10 -- Got fingerprinted for DCFS
3/12/10-- Training for homestudy
3/3/10 -- First meeting for homestudy
3/1/10 -- Signed with IAN
2/10-- Signed with Lutheran Social Services for our Homestudy