Click here for “Adopting Abandoned Children” from KSBI-TV (OK). Page includes a video clip of the television news interview.
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Before our dossier (the China adoption application packet) is sent to China, most of the documents in the dossier need to be notarized (already taken care of by us at the local UPS store), certified by the California Secretary of State’s Office, and then authenticated by the local Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. Our agency […]
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My official guess as to when adoption #2 will occur:Dossier logged in as received in China will probably occur sometime in late July. Referral: February 27 (Monday). Adoption Date: April 3 (Monday, which would be the date of the official meeting with the Chinese government officials, however I’m guessing that the actual first meeting with […]
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Click here for “Mothers try to return the love to children’s homeland: Group raising money to help orphans in China” from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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In the mail today, we received our I-171H (Notice of Favorable Determination Concerning Application For Advance Processing Orphan Petition) from the US Citizenship and Immigation Services. It was dated just three business days after we went in for our FBI fingerprinting. So, we officially have the U.S. government’s okay to adopt from China. The notice […]
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One adoption agency verifies that they received Chinese adoption referrals on June 24 for dossiers logged in at China from November 23 – December 13, 2004.
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People are reporting on the Internet that they are receiving their Chinese adoption referrals today. Appears to be for dossiers with log in dates (LID) of the last half of November and part of December 2004.
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Click here for “Love knows no boundaries” from the Waukesha Freeman (WI). Click here for “Adopted kids teach parents a thing or two” from the Grand Rapids Press (MI). Click here for “Many miles for Father’s Day” from the Woonsocket Call (RI). Click here for “Father’s Day special for Bethalto family Couple adopts 1-year-old Chinese […]
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Susan and I got fingerprinted at the USCIS office today (at our 11:30 and 11:15 appointments, respectively).