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Timeline


  • 12/13- Answered God's call to adopt a child from Haiti
  • 1/14- Applied to Lifeline Children's Services
  • 2/14- Accepted into the Haiti Program and received our Welcome Call
  • 2/27/14- Applied for I-600A with Immigration 
  • 3/6/14 - Received receipt from immigration 
  • 3/14/14- First Homestudy meeting
  • 4/4/14- Second Homestudy meeting
  • 4/15/14-Third Homestudy meeting
  • 5/23/14- Homestudy reviewed and complete 
  • 5/31/14- Dossier complete (but still in our hands)
  • 6/14- mailed our dossier to Lifeline
  • 7/11/14-Translation complete
  • 7/23/14- Legalization in the US complete 
  • Oct 2014 Dossier submitted to IBESR
  • March 28, 2016- Referral Received!!! 
  • April 2-16, 2016- Socialization trip to Haiti
  • November 9, 2016 Exited IBESR 
  • December 5, 2016 Entered Parquet (Court) 
  • March 27, 2017 Received Adoption Decrees! 
  • April 7, 2017 Exited MOI (Ministry of the Interior/applied for passports) 
  • May 17, 2017 Submitted to USCIS for Final Review
  • July 5, 2017 Received Passports 
  • July 10, 2017 Received Final Approval from USCIS 
  • July 14, 2017 Final Medical Appointment
  • July 17, 2017 Final Visa Appointment 
  • July 21, 2017 Medical Report taken to Embassy
  • July 24, 2017 Visas are printed/ Agendo and Chancely's last night in the creche(orphanage)
  • July 25, 2017 Mom and Dad pick up the boys from the orphanage
  • July 29, 2017 Agendo and Chancely become US citizens when we land in Miami!!! 
  • July 30, 2017 The Fitzgerald Six are united :-)

2 comments:

  1. I would love to connect with you about your experience! Do you have an email I can reach you at?

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    1. Absolutely...amycarolinefitzgerald@gmail.com
      I'm happy to share about our experience.

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