- 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 :-)
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