Bill, MaryKay, Seth (15), and Alex (12). We added two more boys to our family: Obsi, 14 and Tamirat, 12 from Ethiopia. We brought Tamirat home the end April 2010 and Obsi came home in July of 2010.
September 21, 2009 Sent out Adoption Application to CCI
September 25 Sent out Home Study papers
October 1 Mailed CCI Contract with fees
October 29 Home Study visit
November 3 Received rough draft of Home Study Report
November 20 Received Notarized Home Study
November 21 Mailed I600a
Nov 25 Received Police Certificate.
December 5 Dossier received with State Seal from Madison
December 7 Dossier off to Asst. Stork
December 10 Asst. Stork mailed Dossier to FL
December 14 CCI received our Dossier
December 15 Our Dossier is sent to Ethiopia
January 25, 2010 Biometrics Appointment at USCIS
Febuary 10 Received I-171H
February 22 T is being submitted to court
March 1 Our court date is set for March 11
March 11 MOWA letter didn't make it.
March 24 Tamirat is ours!
May 31st, Obsi is ours!
July 15th Embassy appt., visa denied
July 16th Obsi is granted his visa
FACTS
Full name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Population: 85.2 million (UN, 2008) Capital: Addis Ababa Area: 1.13 million sq km (437,794 sq miles) Major languages: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali Major religions: Christianity, Islam Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 54 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 cents Main exports: Coffee, hides, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane GNI per capita: US $220 (World Bank, 2007) Internet domain: .et International dialling code: +251
Enjoy your trip! We will be thinking about you.
ReplyDeleteThe Ritzmanns