Here we go again!!!
This is going to be our 4th adoption. All of us are very excited and can't wait until we have one more precious little person in our family!
Starting January we been gathering paperwork for our home study.
1/26/15 Live Scan Completed
1/31/15 Notarized 4 documents for our preliminary dossier
2/5/15 preliminary dossier in Bulgaria, ready to be translated
2/8/15 home study visit
2/9/15 picked up kids medicals, did blood work, and chest X-ray
2/19/15 heard back from our placing agency that our The Preliminary Dossier filed in MOJ – February 6, 2015 and waiting for our family to be filed in the MOJ Family Register (around March 6-8).
2/23/15 all medicals are done
3/6/15 submitted in the MOJ Family Register
2/19/15 heard back from our placing agency that our The Preliminary Dossier filed in MOJ – February 6, 2015 and waiting for our family to be filed in the MOJ Family Register (around March 6-8).
2/23/15 all medicals are done
3/6/15 submitted in the MOJ Family Register
3/9/15 fingerprints done and mailed to FBI
3/27/15 got our home study draft for review, also a copy was sent to our placing agency
4/20/15 got our home study in the mail
4/22/15 I-800A in the mail
4/22/15 I-800A in the mail
5/4/2015 Medicals complete for dossier
5/15/15 Received USCIS appointment letter for May 26th.
5/18/15 got two copies of our marriage certificate
5/18/15 requested and received our FBI reports, through FBI Channeler
5/18/15 rescheduled our USCIS May 26th appointment to May 19th.
5/18/15 got two copies of our marriage certificate
5/18/15 requested and received our FBI reports, through FBI Channeler
5/18/15 rescheduled our USCIS May 26th appointment to May 19th.
5/19/15 biometrics done!
6/18/15 dossier in Bulgaria.
6/29/15 Dossier submitted
7/7/15 Got verbal referral
7/20/15 Received travel dates, will be in Bulgaria August 8-17th
8/17/15 back home
8/24/15 mailed our I-800 to USCIS
9/11/15 Our I-800 was approved
9/15/15 got approval in the mail
9/18/15 called National Visa Center and got our case # and Citation #
9/18/15 filled out DS-260 online
9/21/15 i-800, notarized and apostille on the way to our agency
10/1/15 got Article 5
11/09/15 got news that we have a court date on November 17th
11/17/15 had our court, and became family of 10
11/26/15 got travel dates for December 12-December 19
12/14/15 picked up our daughter
12/20/15 landed in America
6/18/15 dossier in Bulgaria.
6/29/15 Dossier submitted
7/7/15 Got verbal referral
7/20/15 Received travel dates, will be in Bulgaria August 8-17th
8/17/15 back home
8/24/15 mailed our I-800 to USCIS
9/11/15 Our I-800 was approved
9/15/15 got approval in the mail
9/18/15 called National Visa Center and got our case # and Citation #
9/18/15 filled out DS-260 online
9/21/15 i-800, notarized and apostille on the way to our agency
10/1/15 got Article 5
11/09/15 got news that we have a court date on November 17th
11/17/15 had our court, and became family of 10
11/26/15 got travel dates for December 12-December 19
12/14/15 picked up our daughter
12/20/15 landed in America
Estimate is $30,000.00
Expenses:
In green already paid, and in red needs to be paid
Live Scan- $152.00
Home study fee - $1900.00
Application Fee - $250
First partial payment to NGO- $720
Rolled fingerprints for FBI $30
First partial payment to NGO- $720
Rolled fingerprints for FBI $30
Placing Agency home study approval fee: $250
USCIS I-800A -$890
Marriage certificate(2) - $32.50
Submitted FBI request electronically, through FBI Channeler $100
Medical Appointment: $20
Agency fees:$7,980
Traveling notary(medical)$30
Apostille$270
Post Office Services$220
Trip One tickets$3427.00
Hotels $558.00
Visa child $325.00
Taxi/translator $780.00
Agency Fees: $3500 Some of these expenses are approximately, but we are hoping that we will not have anymore unexpected expenses. (in reality, there is always something unexpected comes up) ;(
USCIS I-800A -$890
Marriage certificate(2) - $32.50
Submitted FBI request electronically, through FBI Channeler $100
Medical Appointment: $20
Agency fees:$7,980
Traveling notary(medical)$30
Apostille$270
Post Office Services$220
Trip One tickets$3427.00
Hotels $558.00
Visa child $325.00
Taxi/translator $780.00
Agency Fees: $3500 Some of these expenses are approximately, but we are hoping that we will not have anymore unexpected expenses. (in reality, there is always something unexpected comes up) ;(
2nd trip AirFare $4000.00
Apostilles $100
In country (food, hotel) $2500.00
In country (med.passp). $800.00
Post Adoption reports : $2400.00
Post Office/mail- $100
Post Office/mail- $100
Plus fees, unexpected expenses, and etc.
No comments:
Post a Comment