This means that after checking all our documents (they have already seen scans of them, and have approved them) our family coordinator will send everything off to Ethiopia via courier service. Here our documents and letters will be translated into Amharric, and we will officially be placed on the waiting list to adopt an infant girl.
The documents had to be placed in a certain sequence, so I spread out and sorted everything on our living room floor last night.These are the papers that we had to collect for our dossier, in sequence:
-Family photo pages
-copies of our passports
-Power of Attorney (Notarized and certified by the Secretary of State)
-Dossier Cover Sheet (Notarized and certified by the Secretary of State)
-Application letter addressed to MOWCYA (Ministry of Women's Children's and Youth Affairs in Ethiopia), notarized
-Original birth certificates for Ben and me
-Original Marriage license
-Physical Exam forms and Doctor's letters for both parents (notarized)
-Proof of medical insurance for us, including notarized copies of our insurance cards and a letter stating that our daughter will be fully covered (notarized)
-Proof of life insurance for both parents (notarized)
-Employment letter for Ben (notarized)
-Letter of voluntary non-employment for me (notarized)
-Home Study documents (notarized)
-3 Letters of Reference (notarized)
-Notarized police reports for both parents
-USICS Approval I-171H (Notarized copy of original)
-Agency Recommendation (will be added by our family coordinator when she receives our packet)
-Agency post placement commitment (notarized)
-2 sets of passport photos for each
-Hague Adoption Training certificates for both parents
In addition we had to send a check for the next installment of fees. You can keep track of how much we have paid on the thermometer in the righthand side bar.
Here are 2 copies of our dossier, and the original. Ready to go.
To make it special, and to keep the papers from bumping around in the FedEx box too much I wrapped our dossier in this baby-printed tissue paper...
Mark and Sean both caught on to the excitement of sending off our dossier!Collecting all those documents was hard work, it took us 3.5 months to get everything together. If it hadn't been for the USCIS wait we would have been done 1.5 months ago, but since they say that the paper chase takes between 3 and 6 months, we can't really complain about our timeline!
We will be given a "DTE" date shortly (Dossier To Ethiopia).
...and now we WAIT!
...and now we WAIT!
Exciting! I have your artwork saved in my favorites on Etsy. They are so beautiful!
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