Lifeline federal expresses all the forms to USCIS overnight.
Our representative in Poland, Sasha, says we can go ahead and send photos and some small items to him for the kids. They will not be able to received them until the Article 5 and NAC court date set. Kids do not know that we are working hard to adopt them. Poland does not want them to be heart broken if something happens and the adoption is not approved.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
OFFICAL REFERRALS ARE HERE!! So know we are working on the final immigration/visa applications. We down the form 800 Supplement 1 and the DS230 form. We also download the I-864 form.
Robyn and I pretty much drop everything we are doing for the next couple of hours to get everything complete so we can fed ex to Lifeline that evening.
Robyn and I pretty much drop everything we are doing for the next couple of hours to get everything complete so we can fed ex to Lifeline that evening.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Lifeline advised that all the documents have been translated and will beat the NAC office tomorrow morning. Now we wait for the official referrals. Next week we will begin work on the 800 paperwork. We will have to do three separate applications (one for each child). Once we get the official referral, we will be ready to submit the paperwork.
Monday, July 15, 2013
We received detailed information on the children:
Birth date, birth parents data, children's current place of residency, children's health condition after birth, current health condition, pediatrician's examination report and assessment, assessment of children's psychological development, educational development.
Birth date, birth parents data, children's current place of residency, children's health condition after birth, current health condition, pediatrician's examination report and assessment, assessment of children's psychological development, educational development.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Lifeline provided us the links to two blogs of other parents adopting from Poland.
www.ourextrapickles.blogspot.com - Young married couple with no children adopting four children. Love their blog and they do a great job of showing the process of adoption.
www.barnettadopt.blogspot.com - Married couple with no children adopting a little girl. In their blog, they give helpful hints on how to save money to pay for the adopting. Also great links related to Poland - shopping, weather, currency, etc... They also have a great summary of the major milestones in the adoption process.
Several other blogs I found:
www.polishadoption.weebly.com - Submitted I-800 on 7/6/11 then I-800 approved on 7/25/11 then Article 5 approved on 8/4/11 then traveled to Poland on 9/28/11 with final court date of 10/21/11. They were in Poland for 6 weeks. The Polish equal to Wal-Mart is Tesco, Carrefour, and E-Leclerc. Note: be sure to ask the orphanage about the children's likes and dislikes including sleeping habits. Be sure to ask the orphanage for any pictures the children have growing up.
www.ourcontinuedadventure.wordpress.com - Dossier submitted in April 2010; I-800 approvals in May '12; travel to Poland in June '12; and final court date July 23, 2012.
www.ourextrapickles.blogspot.com - Young married couple with no children adopting four children. Love their blog and they do a great job of showing the process of adoption.
www.barnettadopt.blogspot.com - Married couple with no children adopting a little girl. In their blog, they give helpful hints on how to save money to pay for the adopting. Also great links related to Poland - shopping, weather, currency, etc... They also have a great summary of the major milestones in the adoption process.
Several other blogs I found:
www.polishadoption.weebly.com - Submitted I-800 on 7/6/11 then I-800 approved on 7/25/11 then Article 5 approved on 8/4/11 then traveled to Poland on 9/28/11 with final court date of 10/21/11. They were in Poland for 6 weeks. The Polish equal to Wal-Mart is Tesco, Carrefour, and E-Leclerc. Note: be sure to ask the orphanage about the children's likes and dislikes including sleeping habits. Be sure to ask the orphanage for any pictures the children have growing up.
www.ourcontinuedadventure.wordpress.com - Dossier submitted in April 2010; I-800 approvals in May '12; travel to Poland in June '12; and final court date July 23, 2012.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
BIG NEWS!! I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child From a Convention Country - "USCIS has determined that you meet the eligibility requirements as the adoptive parent(s) of a child, or children...Your I-800A application is hereby approved." Received approval for all three kids.
Lifeline sent an email describing the next steps in the process:
1. Translation of the dossier - takes about a month
2. Submitted/registered to National Adoption Center (NAC) in Poland, then approved.
3. The local court system in Poland where the children reside will meet, hopefully approve, and the allow you to pursue adoption of these children.
4. The NAC will meet and ensure that all the paperwork is in order.
5. We wait on Article 5, which the result of the I-800 paperwork.
6. After Article 5 and provisional approval (800 immigration approval)is received, the NAC will set a court date.
7. After court, able to travel to Poland.
Somewhere before step 5, we will apply for the second round of immigration (800), which will provide provisional approval form USCIS. This cannot be done until we have the referral and the official documents of the children from NAC - which have been submitted with the application.
Sending Lifeline the dossier submission fee.
Lifeline sent an email describing the next steps in the process:
1. Translation of the dossier - takes about a month
2. Submitted/registered to National Adoption Center (NAC) in Poland, then approved.
3. The local court system in Poland where the children reside will meet, hopefully approve, and the allow you to pursue adoption of these children.
4. The NAC will meet and ensure that all the paperwork is in order.
5. We wait on Article 5, which the result of the I-800 paperwork.
6. After Article 5 and provisional approval (800 immigration approval)is received, the NAC will set a court date.
7. After court, able to travel to Poland.
Somewhere before step 5, we will apply for the second round of immigration (800), which will provide provisional approval form USCIS. This cannot be done until we have the referral and the official documents of the children from NAC - which have been submitted with the application.
Sending Lifeline the dossier submission fee.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Lifeline advised that they received our dossier back from the Secretary of State - everything is apostilled and everything is ready to go to Poland. Just waiting on approval from immigration. Lifeline is going ahead and emailing a scanned copy to our representative in Poland so he can begin translating the documents.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)