It has been so long since I last blogged. I guess that is because there is really nothing much to blog about with regards to Vietnam. We are still waiting.
The good news is that the first 3 families who received their referrals back in September are traveling to Vietnam in 2 weeks to bring their babies home. Our agency is now hoping that the paperwork for the next 3 referrals will be coming shortly.
When we last checked, we were 41 on the list. 3 down, 38 to go!
This is our adoption story and voyage to Vietnam to bring our child home.
About Me
- Paul and Lisa
- We are Luke's mommy and daddy. Join us in our Adventures of Parenthood!
Our Timeline (In Progress)
July 2006
- Decided to start the adoption process
- Found a social worker and received initial home study package in the mail
- Attended "How To Adopt" seminar and it opened our eyes to international adoption
- Decided to adopt from China
- Worked on completing initial application which included: individual statements and history, getting forms for police check and fingerprinting, answering questionnaires about considerations in adoption, and signed medical consent forms
- August 18 th - Fingerprint form sent to RCMP and Criminal Record Check handed-in.
- August 25 th – Received adoption package from Children’s Bridge and started gathering our information for the “paper chase”
- September 14th - Received a passing grade on the Fingerprint, Interpol, and Criminal Record Check
- September 18th - Shipped package to social worker
- September 24th - Social worker called, first meeting set for Oct 5th
- October 5th - We had our first home study interview
- October 10th - Decided on a girl's name - Kylee
- October 21st - 2nd home study visit
- November 3rd - Paul's individual visit with social worker
- November 11th - Attended the Adoption Council of Ontario Resource Exchange
- November 18th - Attended an Adoption Panel put on by Children's Bridge
- November 23rd - Lisa's individual visit with the social worker
- December 21st - Final home study visit
- January 7th - Received our home study by email for editing
- January 8th - Found out China would be a minimum 2 year wait for a referral once our dossier arrived in China. We were devastated. However, we were told about Vietnam and we got thinking about switching to Vietnam.
- January 10th - Talked with our social worker to get her thoughts and contacted the Vietnam contact at Children's Bridge
- January 11th - Decided to adopt from Vietnam. Got all the forms and packages emailed to us and filled them out.
- January 17th - Meet with social worker to receive our completed home study.
- January 18th - Sent our dossier to Children's Bridge
- January 19th - Our dossier arrived at Children's Bridge and home study was sent off to the Ministry for approval (expecting a 8-12 week wait) and translation of our dossier began.
- February 15th - Home study was approved from the Ministry
- February 26th - Dossier sent to Vietnam
- March 1st - First TwinRx shot
- March 24th & 25th - Adopt Talk seminar
- March 27th - Children's Bridge tells us to start immigration paperwork immediately
- March 30th - Children's Bridge sends out it's first identified child referral this week!
- April 3rd - Second TwinRx Shot
- April 13th - Mailed completed Immigration Paperwork\
- May 1st - Received immigration kit
Blog Archive
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