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Welcome Jess.
I wanted to add two things. First, I was afraid of how to do taxes for that credit when we adopted our first daughter. I used TaxCut, and it really was presented in such a way that I was able to do my own taxes and click on whatever was applicable....it was easy. And we had 1,700 left over on the tax credit for the following tax year that was actually saved in the programming for me.
Second, remember that a lot of employers give an adoption reimbursement too. Both DHs and my employers give one, but we didn't realize it till we looked into it with our HR departments. The adoption usually has to be final, and the adoption credit can range depending on the generosity of the company you work for. And usually the adoption has to be finalized as with the tax credit.
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Karen
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11/25/04 Decision to adopt our first daughter
03/14/05 LID for our first daughter
01/29/06 Referral for our first daughter
(total time from LID to referral-10.5 months)
03/20/06 Our first daughter in our arms
12/12/06 Decision to adopt again
04/14/07 LID for our second daughter
04/14/08 ONE year waiting
09/1/08 Re-submitted paperwork before it expired
04/14/09 TWO years waiting
04/27/09 Out of review room 
06/14/09 Fingerprinted again, before they expired
Still waiting...
How long is forever? -381 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is!
We've been waiting 31 months since our Log-In-Date with China
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