Our Timeline

Here is a (not so) short listing of our adoption process so far:

Vietnam

3-5-2007 Sent in our first homestudy application for Vietnam
4-20-2007 First homestudy visit with social worker #1
5-1-2007 Individual homestudy interviews with social worker #1
5-23-2007 Home study interviews with social worker #1
6-12-2007 Home visit by social worker #1
6-26-2007 Home study interviews with social worker #1
10-5-2007 Received incomplete home study with 19 factual errors
10-8-2007 Assigned social worker #2
10-18-2007 Home visit with social worker #2
11-12-2007 Home study sent to USCIS
1-30-2008 I-171h advanced processing completed for Vietnam. New applications discouraged pending renewal of Joint Agreement between Vietnam and US

China

1-30-2008 Applied to China Special Needs program
2-15-2008 LOI sent to China
4-15-2008? Notified that our LOI was denied and special needs program format changed

Bulgaria

7-31-2008 Applied to Tree of Life for Bulgaria program
8-7-2008 Home study visit with social worker #2
11-6-2008 Applied for change of country with USCIS
12-20-2008 Repeated biometrics in St. Louis
1-14-2009 Received request for evidence from USCIS and contacted SW #2
2-25-2009 Received a USCIS denial of petition for non-compliance by HS agency
3-26-2009 New Orphan Officer calls us at home to reverse the denial and issue I-171h
4-8-2009 Social Worker #2 leaves agency and Social Worker #3 takes over our case
4-16-2009 Received Gracie's photos and medicals
4-17-2009 Submitted firm family commitment for adoption to Bulgaria
4-21-2009 Submitted dossier to TOL
5-12-2009 Ministry of Justice accepts firm family commitment
6-9-2009 Ministry of Justice approves dossier and matches us with Gracie
7-12-2009 Anticipated travel date to meet our daughter!