12/8/15 - requested information on adoption from COTW
12/16/15 - meeting with Pat Lee at COTW
12/17/15 - Submitted Pre-Application
1/7/16 - Pre-Application is Approved and Final Application is started
1/27/16 - Final Application submitted
2/15/16 - First homestudy visit
2/23/16 - Second and Final homestudy visit
3/9/16 - Started working on dossier
4/6/16 - Finished dossier and turned in to COTW
4/22/16 - Registered with CARA!
4/26/16 - Overnighted i800a to USCIS
4/27/16 - i800a application was received in Texas by USCIS
5/2/16 - Text confirmation for receipt of application from 4/27/16
5/5/16 - Letter (Form I-797C) for receipt of application received
5/9/16 - Letter for fingerprinting appointment
5/19/16 - Fingerprinting appointment in New Orleans
5/23/16 - Verbal approval of i800a
6/6/16 - i800a approval letter received via mail
7/1/16 - Phone call from our agency - CARA approved!
7/2/16 - matched with a 16 month old princess!
7/18/16 - submitted signed, electronic copies of CSR and MER
8/3/16 - our agency received S's original docs
8/5/16 - overnighted i800 to USCIS
8/8/16 - i800 received by USCIS and signed originals + dossier on their way to India
8/15/16 - Letter (Form I-797C) for receipt of i800 application received + confirmation from agency our originals and dossier were received in India!
8/19/16 - RFE on i800 mailed
8/26/16 - RFE letter received in the mail
8/29/16 - POA mailed off to India
9/8/16 - RFE items overnighted back to USCIS
9/15/16 - Verbal approval of i800
9/20/16 - i800 approval letter received
9/21/16 - Case and invoice number in system for DS260
9/26/16 - Email received from National Visa Center for DS260
9/26/16 - Filed for DS260/started Article 5
10/3/16 - Received Article 5/waiting on NOC
10/10/16 - Received NOC
10/14/16 - COTW called...they were looking at our ACTUAL NOC
12/7/16 - Registered in court
12/28/16 - Notified by agency we have hearing #1 in January
1/17/17 - FIRST HEARING! Judge didn't show, rescheduled.
1/25/17 - SECOND HEARING
3/15/17 - THIRD HEARING
4/21/17 - We are headed to India for court!
4/24/17 - Met our baby girl for the first time at her home
4/25/17 - FOURTH HEARING
5/3/17 - FIFTH HEARING
5/6/17 - SIXTH HEARING
5/7/17 - Left India headed back home
5/16/17 - SEVENTH HEARING - CASE DISPOSED!!!!
6/15/17 - Leave for trip #2 to India
6/19/17 - GOTCHA DAY!
6/20/17 - Official adoption ceremony in Durg, India
6/21/17- Passport
6/22/17 - Leave Durg for Delhi
6/26/17 - Visa in hand
6/28/17 - Exit permit in hand
6/29/17 - Leave India for HOME!
12/16/15 - meeting with Pat Lee at COTW
12/17/15 - Submitted Pre-Application
1/7/16 - Pre-Application is Approved and Final Application is started
1/27/16 - Final Application submitted
2/15/16 - First homestudy visit
2/23/16 - Second and Final homestudy visit
3/9/16 - Started working on dossier
4/6/16 - Finished dossier and turned in to COTW
4/22/16 - Registered with CARA!
4/26/16 - Overnighted i800a to USCIS
4/27/16 - i800a application was received in Texas by USCIS
5/2/16 - Text confirmation for receipt of application from 4/27/16
5/5/16 - Letter (Form I-797C) for receipt of application received
5/9/16 - Letter for fingerprinting appointment
5/19/16 - Fingerprinting appointment in New Orleans
5/23/16 - Verbal approval of i800a
6/6/16 - i800a approval letter received via mail
7/1/16 - Phone call from our agency - CARA approved!
7/2/16 - matched with a 16 month old princess!
7/18/16 - submitted signed, electronic copies of CSR and MER
8/3/16 - our agency received S's original docs
8/5/16 - overnighted i800 to USCIS
8/8/16 - i800 received by USCIS and signed originals + dossier on their way to India
8/15/16 - Letter (Form I-797C) for receipt of i800 application received + confirmation from agency our originals and dossier were received in India!
8/19/16 - RFE on i800 mailed
8/26/16 - RFE letter received in the mail
8/29/16 - POA mailed off to India
9/8/16 - RFE items overnighted back to USCIS
9/15/16 - Verbal approval of i800
9/20/16 - i800 approval letter received
9/21/16 - Case and invoice number in system for DS260
9/26/16 - Email received from National Visa Center for DS260
9/26/16 - Filed for DS260/started Article 5
10/3/16 - Received Article 5/waiting on NOC
10/10/16 - Received NOC
10/14/16 - COTW called...they were looking at our ACTUAL NOC
12/7/16 - Registered in court
12/28/16 - Notified by agency we have hearing #1 in January
1/17/17 - FIRST HEARING! Judge didn't show, rescheduled.
1/25/17 - SECOND HEARING
3/15/17 - THIRD HEARING
4/21/17 - We are headed to India for court!
4/24/17 - Met our baby girl for the first time at her home
4/25/17 - FOURTH HEARING
5/3/17 - FIFTH HEARING
5/6/17 - SIXTH HEARING
5/7/17 - Left India headed back home
5/16/17 - SEVENTH HEARING - CASE DISPOSED!!!!
6/15/17 - Leave for trip #2 to India
6/19/17 - GOTCHA DAY!
6/20/17 - Official adoption ceremony in Durg, India
6/21/17- Passport
6/22/17 - Leave Durg for Delhi
6/26/17 - Visa in hand
6/28/17 - Exit permit in hand
6/29/17 - Leave India for HOME!
