Joel and Clarion's Russian Adoption Blog #2: Silly Boy

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Things are going great here in Moscow! Got Andrei's visa yesterday. Our coordinator is registering him at the consulate today. We'll get his passport back on Thursday. Outta here on Friday!

Adoption Timeline

9/10/2011 - Home with our boy!
9/6/2011 - Visa appointment at US Embassy in Moscow
9/1/2011 - Left Vlad for Moscow
8/30/2011 - Gotcha Day!
8/20/11 - Clarion returns home
8/19/11 - Court Date
8/13/11 - Depart for Court Trip
7/20/11 - Received Court Date
7/12/11 - Documents Submitted to Court in Vlad
6/27/11 - Remainder of Court Docs Received in Vlad
6/16/11 - Received Clarion's FBI clearance
5/26/11 - IL State Clearances Received
5/23/11 - Psychological Evaluation Appointment
5/17/11 - Clarion re-fingerprinted; Mailed 2nd request for FBI clearance
5/16/11 - Received Joel's FBI clearance; Clarion's prints rejected
5/12/11 - Mailed requests for IL Sate clearances
5/07/11 - Returned from First Trip
5/03/11 - Met our son
4/29/11 - Left for First Trip
4/18/11 - Visas arrived
4/13/11 - Mailed requests for FBI clearances
4/8/11 - Flights booked for First Trip
4/5/11 - Registered in Primorsky Krai
3/18/11 - Sent off application for visas
2/14/11 - Received I-171H Approval
12/22/10 - USCIS Fingerprint Appointment
11/22/10 - Our adopted sons have a baby brother in Russia! Changed course to try and adopt him.
11/19/10 - Mailed I-600A to USCIS
11/15/10 - ICPC Approval of Home Study
10/11/10 - Home study visit complete.
9/2/10 - Signed agreement with World Links
8/23/10 - Received acceptance letter from World Links
8/16/10 - Mailed application to World Links. Also met with LCFS Illinois to discuss home study plans.
8/01/10 - Decided to work with World Links International Adoption Agency
July 2010 - Decided to embark on another adoption journey

Joel and Clarion's Russian Adoption Blog #2

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Silly Boy

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