A little homestudy delay...and start on the dossier!

Hi friends!

Not too much to report at the moment.  We finished our 2nd and last home study visit a few weeks ago.  Our wonderful social worker got it written up and turned in to our agency - only to find out India had changed the format of how they want the home studies to appear!

So, she had to go back and rework some corrections.  Not a HUGE deal, but a small delay for time's sake.  BUT, everything happens for a reason right?!  It's not anything at all we've stressed over.

We are currently waiting for her to finish the new home study and get it turned in to our agency. In the mean time - we have started working on our dossier!  This is another daunting pile of paperwork we are working on collecting.  Some of it is the same from our final application, so it really hasn't been too bad to gather!  We have ONE more item to collect and it is finished.

Here is what is needed for the dossier:

1. A registration form
2. Our motivation to adopt
3. Identifying information (driver's licenses, passports, etc)
4. Marriage Certificate
5. Photos of different rooms in our house, front of house, backyard, us, and us with our children
6. New medical exams
7. Proof of health insurance
8. Employment verification letters
9. A letter from our bank with current balances + 6 months worth of statements
10. (3) years worth of tax returns
11. Proof of home ownership
12. Police clearance
13. (3) new letters of recommendation
14. Children's consent - our oldest had to sign saying he OK'd us to adopt
15. USCIS I-797 pre-approval
16. Our homestudy
17. Undertaking of the agency

As always, PLEASE keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue on this amazing journey!