Just going crazy - so I thought I would post to let you know - there is no new news. Ho hum! We have heard "rumors" that there was a referral for a boy earlier this month, so that means one less family in front of us. However, we also heard today that our adoption agency isn't going to tell us what "number" we are anymore. They are saying that it doesn't matter because the birth mothers have such a say in which family is chosen. So, we wait.
Our agency is now saying we may wait 6 months for a referral, not 1 month as we were told when we were approved. It's tough to wait, but we understand. There are alot more families waiting now and things are always changing.
We are hoping that our I-171H form comes soon, which is basically our baby's right to be a US citizen form. It takes 4-6 weeks from the time you have your fingerprints taken, and we had those done 2 weeks ago.
Could use some words of encouragement if you have them - but please, don't ask me to "be patient..." I know....I know, but it's hard :-)
Thursday, March 8, 2007
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Timeline
January 8, 2007 Attend Adoption 101 Information Session in Mesa, AZ
January 22, 2006 - Apply for preapproval from our agencyand Taiwan
January 23, 2007 - Application for USCIS (I-600A) form submitted
January 28, 2007 - 1st Homestudy meeting
January 28, 2007 - Sign adoption contract with our agency
January 29, 2007 - Approved to adopt from Taiwan
February 1, 2007 - Clearance from state of Arizona
February 6, 2007- Maricopa application to adopt is filed
February 13, 2007 - Clearance from state of Michigan, Medical clearances, and Fingerprint invitation arrive from USCIS
February 24, 2007 - Fingerprinted for USCIS
March 11, 2007- Homestudy Complete and Court Certification from Maricopa County received
April 28, 2007 - Homestudy is translated into Mandarin
July 1, 2007 - Finally receive 171-H in the mail
July 6, 2007 - Get new case manager
July 22, 2007 - Sign adendum to contract
August 8, 2007 - Our lucky day! Referral for Lin Kai-Yi, born 6-3-06
August 8, 2007 - accept referral
August 13, 2007 - Sign Child Referral Agreement
August 23, 2007 - Paperwork arrives in Tucson
August 24, 2007 - Paperwork arrives to us
August 26, 2007 - Documents notorized (How many adults does it take to use a stamp?)
August 28, 2007 - Documents certified by AZ Sec. of State
August 29, 2007 Documents sent to TECO to be authenticated
September 4, 2007 - Documents arrive in Tucson from TECO
September 6, 2007 - Documents sent to Taiwan! YEAH!
September 10, 2007 - Update day! We receive 4 pics and a video!
October 2, 2007 - Receive word from TWCA that our hearing date is October 9, 2007 (this happened extreamly fast!)
October 9, 2007 - Keep your fingers crossed for a quick 1st ruling (even better yet, keep your fingers crossed for a final ruling!)
October 11, 2007 - October updates are here!
October 19, 2007 - Receive more pictures and videos from Ray's visit to Taiwan!
November 5, 2007 - November updates are here!
December 2, 2007 - December updates are here! Can't believe there has been no news all month!
December 13, 2007 - FINALLY! Word of our First Ruling! Yippeee! It happened on Dec. 13th in Taiwan (yesterday here)
January 4, 2008 - January updates
February 4, 2008 - February updates
February 28, 2008 - Leaving for Taipei!!!
February 29, 2008 - Arrive in Taipei!
March 4, 2008 - Gotcha Day! Can you even believe it!?!?!?
March 5, 2008 - FINAL RULING FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! (by the way, our paperwork says the final ruling was issued December 24th!)
March 6, 2008 - First AIT appointment
March 7, 2008 - VISA DAY!
March 10, 2008 - Leave for home!
March 10, 2008 - Arrive home with our boy!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2008 - Find out about Wil's arrival!
March 10, 2009 - Wil Shan-Yi Shaffer is born at 3:38 am 8 lbs. 4 oz. 20 inches long
2 comments:
I just figured out how to post on your page. Duh!! So, I feel your frustration with the waiting but our group did finally have our first piece of good news today. A referral, yeah!! Here's hoping yours is just around the corner.
Hang in there,
Shana
Hi-
Like you, I could hardly stand the wait.. it was insane...and while I'm not gonna tell you to be patient, I'll tell you this: There are a LOT of things you're going to give up and change once the boy comes home.. take advantage of your free time and the joy of spontaneity now.. because even though you'll be glad to do Mommy things, thereis stuff you'll miss. In other words, make the best of the time you have now, you WILL remember these days fondly someday!
Hope your referral time is coming soon!
hugs-
Val
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