PAPERWORK CHASE
JUNE 5, 2000
Started this Web Page now waiting to be old enough to start the process
MAY 5, 2005
Sent off Application to Orphans Overseas Adoption Agency
Along with Application fee.
MAY 9,2005
Orphans Overseas recieved application
Adoption application ACCEPTED!! Contract, Fee Schedule and other paperwork sent to me today to sign and review
MAY 11, 2005
MAY 25, 2005
Signed Contract, Fee Schedule and other paperwork. Had all the paperwork notarized at Regions Bank in Glen Carbon and sent off package, along with 1/2 of the agency fees by Priority mail at the USPS in Glen Carbon.
JUNE 3, 2005
Recieved Welcome Package from Orphans Overseas along with adoption paperwork package
JUNE 9, 2005
Recieved Certified Birth Certificates from IL Department of Public Health
JUNE 15, 2005 1st telephone call with social worker from Orphans Overseas, Laura at 12pm
JUNE 22, 2005
Weekly phone call with social worker, Laura. Asked about book reading & video requirement
JUNE 29, 2005
Weekly phone call with social worker, Laura, changed to bi-weekly phone calls
JULY 9-10, 2005 Watched Pre-Adoption videos # 1 and # 2, required by adoption agency
JULY 20, 2005
Finished book requirement "Adopting for Good"
JULY 21, 2005
Doctor's Appt. with Dr.Lowe  filled out medical forms and gave approval that I was healthy
JULY 27, 2005
Watched Pre-Adoption videos #3, #4 & #5,  This requirement is now finished
JULY-SEPT 2005 Searched for a Homestudy Agency
SEPT 27, 2005
Finally recieved paperwork from LCFS in Belleville, filled out application and sent it off
SEPT 29, 2005
Had fingerprints taken at ARTS Investigation in Troy, IL for IL State Police Clearance, also
fingerprinted at the Glen Carbon Police Station for FBI Records request from West Virginia
OCT 11, 2005
1st Homestudy visit with Mrs.Koniak at Belleville LCFS office at 10am
OCT 14, 2005 Sent off I-600A to the INS in Chicago and Fingerprints for FBI Records in West Virginia
OCT 19, 2005 Home Visit by Mrs.Koniak at my house in Glen Carbon at 5pm
OCT 21, 2005 Doctor's Appt. with Dr. Lowe filled out more medical forms
OCT 2005 TERMINATED CONTRACT WITH ORPHANS OVERSEAS
Searching for an agency with an open Singles spot for 2006
OCT , 2005
OCT 2005 Found an Open Singles Spot with Island Coast International Adoptions
Fingerprinted at the USCIS Office in the RAY Building, St.Louis, Missouri for the 171-H
DEC 09, 2005
DEC 12, 2005
Homestudy sent to USCIS and ICIA
JAN 20, 2006
Recieved 171-H Form from Chicago INS or USCIS  MY LAST PIECE OF PAPERWORK!!!
JAN 21, 2006
Send Completed Vietnam Doisser to ICIA
JAN 29, 2006
My 30th Birthday....My Paperwork can officially go to China!
JAN 31, 2006
Realized 1 piece of paper for my China paperwork Expired.
FEB 11, 2006
Sent Completed China Doisser to ICIA
FEB 15, 2006 IT'S A GIRL       Recieved my Referral for my Daughter in Thai, Nguyen, Vietnam
An invisible Red thread
connects those who are destined to meet,
regardless of time,
place or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle but will never break.
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