Our Adoption
Read this post for more information about me, my Love, and this whole process.
Bring on the baby!, originally uploaded by Kate Chan
You can follow along on our journey (or my musings of it) via these posts too:
- On Building a Family: Explaining the beginning of us and our journey (July 20, 2008)
- On waiting and dreaming (October 1, 2008)
- On registering without a due date (October 19, 2008)
- It’s a GIRL! (On receiving our referral for our daughter) (October 31, 2008)
- Converting the office to a nursery (November 6, 2008)
- The First eBay Fundraiser (Learning the fundraising and eBay ropes are hard!) (November 19, 2008)
- The Second eBay Fundraiser (A few teeny photos of our baby’s fingers, etc) (December 3, 2008)
- I-600 Approval to Korea! (January 2, 2009)
- Little Bunny Foo Foo… pondering her arrival (March 5, 2009)
- She has her visa! (March 13, 2009)
- She’s home! (April 9, 2009)
For those of you who have been asking about our adoption timeline (usually others adopting too), here’s the skinny version:
- June 22, 2008: Application Date to agency
- July, 2008: Autobiographical writings, letters of references, medical reviews, etc.
- August, 2008: Home Study visits (x2), online classes about adoption issues, etc.
- September 27, 2008: Last Home Study interview/visit
- September 30, 2008: I-600A Application submitted with completed Home Study
- October 5, 2008: Fingerprinting for I-600A appointment date set
- October 27, 2008: Referral received via voice mail
- October 28, 2008: Referral packet (3 pieces of paper, 2 photos) received via US Mail
- October 29, 2008: I-600A fingerprinting appointment & referral accepted (of course!
- November 4, 2008: I-600 application sent in to agency
- November 11, 2008: I-600A approved and information sent to National Visa Center & Seoul, South Korea (embassy)
- November 15-21, 2008: Painting! Organizing! Getting that nursery done!
- December 2, 2008: I-600 submitted to USCIS by agency
- December 15, 2008: I-600 approved by USCIS
- December 29, 2008: I-6oo approved “logged in” at the National Visa Center
- December 31, 2008: I-600 approved “logged out” at NVC and sent on to Seoul, South Korea
- January 9, 2009: ”P3″ (or the verification packet) is sent to the Korean adoption agency.
- March 13, 2009: Visa issued (dates are unknown for the issuance of the emigration permit and passport)
- March 16, 2009: The Chicklet is 10 months old.
- April 9, 2009: She travels to the US!!! Our Family Day begins it all.
- So what are we doing currently? Loving this little wiggly imp with all of our hearts and souls!
SHE’S HOME!!!
Thank you for your help, encouragement, love and support.
Life’s journeys are amazing and beautiful, aren’t they?
-Kate
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August 18, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Many prayers!
Have you seen this organization that offers grants to ppl in the states that want to adopt?
Good luck,
http://members.shaohannahshope.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ado_home
Thanks for the link, Cathy. We have seen their site, but we don’t qualify because we do not have an affliated church. HOWEVER, this link may be a great resource for people who are also looking for grants and end up here.
THANK YOU for the help!
-Kate
cathy | strawberries are GF
November 27, 2008 at 4:26 pm
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December 5, 2008 at 11:18 am
Congratulations! I am new to reading your blog, but I had to comment on your adoption. Having been through the same process exactly four years ago ourselves for our Korea-born son, I know that you must be absolutely beside yourselves in anticipation of bringing her home. Soon you’ll be looking back on this time as a mere hiccup in the process of raising your daughter.
domesticshorthair
March 14, 2009 at 6:24 am
Good luck! I am the wife of an adopted man and we’ve adopted two children also. I found your site as he was just diagnosed with celiac so I’m searching everything gluten free. Best wishes on your journey. Annyeong Haseo — or Hello in Korean — gets you very far with the very friendly people of Korea… and of course, always remember to say: Kamsa Hamnida or Thank you… and give your head a tiny downward flinch or bow to show respect. You will have a wonderful experience!
Melissa Ellison
March 17, 2009 at 9:02 am