3/9/2010 Apply to Madison
4/17 1st homestudy visit
4/23 2nd hs visit
4/24 3rd hs visit
4/26 Paul's physical
4/28 Chelsea's physical
5/8 4th hs visit
5/11 Lock Jun'an's file and send (LOI) {letter of intent to China requesting permission to pursue adoption}
5/13 PA {pre-approval from China to proceed}
6/2 Homestudy complete and sent to SCDSS
6/18 Letter from DSS saying we are approved in SC and our case is sent to USCIS {immigration}
6/18 Applied to USCIS I-800A
6/21 Application accepted
7/28 Fingerprinted for USCIS {early walk-in}
8/23 USCIS approval I-797
8/26 State Certifications
8/28 Documents sent to courier in Washington DC
8/30 US State Department certified
9/2 Chinese Embassy authenticated
9/3 Documents back to us
9/28 DTC {our dossier went to China}
10/12 LID {our dossier is logged into the computers}
11/15 LOA {Letter of acceptance from CCAA}
11/17 application sent to USCIS
11/23 receipt from USCIS
12/3 I-800 Provisional Approval
12/13 Cabled
12/13 NVC Letter
12/20 Article 5 Dropped off at Consulate
1/4 Article 5 Issued to CCAA
1/10 Article 5 Delivered to CCAA
1/24 Travel Approval
2/14 Travel
2/16 Gotcha
2/17 Adoption
3/2 CA
3/5 Home!
