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03-26-2009, 01:32 AM
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"Unofficial" Referral!!!
We are so early in the adoption process, but we are working with a small agency so they have been on the lookout for a baby girl for us for a little while. Anyway, here's an excerpt from a phone call I got this past Monday...WHAT a day!!
Agency: "Ok, got a pen?" Me: "Yeah, go ahead" Agency: "F-i-k-a-d-u" then "F-i-k-a-d-w-a" Me: "Ok, got it. What's is it?" Agency: "Those are the names of your babies! Twins! A boy and a girl, 8 days old."  Of course this is an unofficial referral because they have to go through a waiting period before they can be declared abandoned and available for adoption. And we don't really know much about their health either. They do HIV testing at 3 months. AND we don't even have USCIS approval yet. BUT if everything goes well, these babies will be officially referred to us in a few weeks. We are stunned, thrilled and sooooo excited!!! 
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~Jenny & Mario~ Adopting our first child together from Ethiopia 12/08~Decided to adopt from Ethiopia 1/09~Submitted application and contracts to Illien 2/09~Home Study 3/09~Referral...TWINS!   4/09~Referral fell through. Bio-Mom claimed the twins  4/09~Referral! 20 day-old Helina and trip to Addis to meet her  4/09~I600-A sent to USCIS 5/09~Court suspension!  6/09~received I171-H 7/09~Second trip to Addis to visit Helina  8/09~STILL waiting for Helina's clearance 9/09~3rd trip to visit our baby  10/09~Received clearance, waiting for court date! 11/09~Received court date, DEC 2nd 
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03-26-2009, 08:13 AM
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Wow, that's fast. When did you submit your dossier? Congratulations! I hope everything works out.
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Debbie www.worldofweeks.blogspot.com Began Guatemala adoption journey 12/15/06 Liliana born 4/30/07 Referral 6/8/07 Home Forever 3/27/08 Began Ethiopia adoption journey 7/22/08 Homestudy interview 11/25/08 USCIS Fingerprints 12/13/08 Home Study sent to USCIS 3/10/09 171H rec'd 5/18/09 Dossier submitted to agency 5/19/09 Dossier arrives in Ethiopia 6/4/09
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03-26-2009, 12:24 PM
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Wow, wow, wow. Congratulations! Here's praying for a continued fast process to get your little ones home. I'm amazed.
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 December 31, 2002 Prince Luke was born.   February 5, 2005 Princess Anna home from Guatemala  November 20, 2008 started the process to adopt from EthiopiaFebruary 20, 2009 Sent dossier paperwork to Building Arizona Families for proofing March 6, 2009 fingerprinted by USCIS.  March 10, 2009 APPROVAL by USCIS. March 13, 2009 Received I171H form. March 18, 2009 Final state authentications received and sent to agency. YEAH!! Bye bye dossier. Have fun at the Washington, DC Consulate.  April 8, 2009 Dossier is on its way to Ethiopia  April 13, 2009 Dossier arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
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03-26-2009, 12:47 PM
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Congratulations!!! Hope you have a speedy process and have your babies in your arms soon!
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03-27-2009, 03:09 PM
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Wow, congratulations! I hope the process will continue speeding along for you! Can you pm me and let me know what agency you are working with now and how your experience has been? Thanks.
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