Where are we at? I am waiting for: Obligation of Adoption or Social Welfare Agency - CCI prepares this document, notarizes it, and mails it to you for inclusion in your dossier.

I think this got put in the mail. My third reference letter is in the mail.

Then, I am waiting for this: Home Study- Include the License of the Home Study Agency and the Diploma/License of social worker providing the Home Study as the last two pages of your Home Study so you can have these 3 documents notarized as one.

Not sure where this is at but shouldn't be too far behind.

After I get these items, I can finish my dossier and get it off to Wisconsin Secretary of State for authentication. I will FedEx it there, it will take 2-3 days and they will FedEx it back. Then it goes to DC to get Authenticated.

Then:

10. CCI will receive the completely authenticated Dossier and review it
11. CCI will mail Dossier to Ethiopia to the in country representative
12. Dossier is translated and authenticated in Ethiopia (2 weeks)
13. Your dossier goes (3-6 weeks)
14. CCI’s in country representative submits your case to court for a court date (1 week)
15. Your court date is given (4-6 weeks later)
16. Court takes place with an in country representative from CCI acting on your behalf by Power of Attorney to complete the adoption (same day)
17. File goes to WACM to get letters needed to have a passport and birth certificate created (1 week)
18. Case is submitted to American Embassy for embassy appointment (1 week)
19. Embassy appointment is given
20. Family travels to Ethiopia to pick child up and to go to the embassy appointment (5 weeks after exiting court)

We are expecting traveling in May.