5150 Miles to Motherhood: "Oh, I'm sorry...You couldn't adopt?"

Klaudia's Adoption Process Checklist

Select country – POLAND!
Select Agency and complete application 1/2007
Complete agency contract 2/2007
Send in I-600A 3/2007
Get certified birth and marriage certificates 3/2007
Choose Nebraska home study agency 3/2007
Prepare 4 page autobiographies 3/2007
Letter of agreement with home study agency 3/2007
Home study initial meeting 3/2007
Attend adoption class 4/2007
Home study visit 4/2007
Individual interviews with home study agency 4/2007
Child abuse clearance (notarized) 5/2007
Letters verifying employment (notarized) 4/2007
Medical exams 5/2007
Medical exam report completed and notarized 4/2007
State Patrol clearance (notarized) 5/2007
Get home study referral letters 5/2007-6/2007
Receive home study report 11/2007
Get notarized copy of agency license 11/2007
Send home study to CIS (immigration) 12/1/2007
CIS fingerprinting appointment 2/7/2008
Complete further adoption courses 1/2008
Receive I-171H approval from CIS 2/28/2008
Get dossier referral forms 5/2007-1/2008
Notarized passport oath forms
Copy of Nebraska adoption law 12/2008
Notarize declaration for updating documents 9/2008
Take pictures of us, family and our house
Document apostilling in North Carolina 1/2008
Document apostilling in Minnesota 7/2007
Document apostilling in Missouri 1/2008
Document apostilling in Nebraska 1/2008
Document apostilling in California 6/2007
Draft Dossier to Agency for Review 1/2008
Dossier to Poland 2/5/2008
Translation in Poland
Receive approval from Poland to adopt
Receive referral of child 2/14/2009
Doctor review of referral medical information
Accept referral of Klaudia! 2/20/2009
Initial trip to meet our daughter 4/20/3009
Leave for second trip to bring Klaudia HOME
Visit with Social Worker 8/5/2009
Court 8/11/2009

Polish Passport
US Embassy

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