Ghana Timeline

Bringing son home from Ghana....From Start to Finish

Here is our timeline (it will be update periodically):

1-Oct-12	Mailed off Adoption Agreement to Adoption Ark
3-Oct-12	Mailed off Home study Application to Forever Family
9-Oct-12	Assigned Parent Coordinator Susan Halford
22-Oct-12	Destiny tells Uncle BJ that she's adopting a brother
24-Oct-12	1st visit with Social Worker Claire from Forever Families
30-Nov-12	2nd visit with Social Worker
31-Nov-12	3rd visit with Social Worker
16-Nov-12	Started Apparent Bracelet Fundraiser
30-Nov-12	Received 1st Draft of Homestudy Report
3-Dec-12	Received approved notarized copy of Home Study
4-Dec-12	Sent off I600A to US Department of Homeland Security
4-Dec-12	Parent coordinator sent of email about W.K a waiting child
17-Dec-12	Received correspondence that I600A Application was received
21-Dec-12	Received biometrics appointment for 1/4/2013
21-Dec-12	Pysch Evals schedule and confirm with Dr and Tricare
2-Jan-13	Pysch Eval completed by both Dad and Mom
4-Jan-13	Biometrics appointment in Alexandria, VA
10-Jan-13	Received psych eval report
16-Jan-13	Ended Agreement with 1st agency and switched to AAC due to a child we fell in love with.
	Saw him in December and again on Jan 7, 2012. Wanted to pursue him but he was with another agency.
	Due to different circumstances we felt God was leading us in this direction
17-Jan-13	Received and expected a referral for waiting child
18-Jan-13	Sent off Visa applications to the Ghana Embassy
25-Jan-13	Received 171-H and Jamallia's birth certificate (last item for dossier)
25-Jan-13	Sent dossier off to About a Child (AAC)
28-Jan-13	Agency sent dossier off to Ghana to our POA
30-Jan-13	Received passports back with Ghana visa stamp
4-Feb-13	POA confirmed receipt of dossier
8-Feb-13	Started T-shirt fundraiser.
3-Mar-13	Meet EJ for the 1st time at his foster home in Ghana.
28-Mar-13	Passed court EJ is offically a Petway
May 2013	Sent off I-600 application
1-July-13	Received I-600 approval
13-Aug-13	Passed Visa Exit interview
17-Aug-13	Family Day – Emmanuel comes home to the US