Our adoption just got updated to Paperwork Complete Posted about over 4 years ago

Adoption Update No. 9We just received some WONDERFUL news that our dossier was approved by the adoption committee in Colombia! We are now waiting on a referral of a child(ren). It's a huge relief to hear this after all the hard work and stress we have been through this past year leading up to this point. We have now moved into kind of a waiting period in the process while waiting for a referral...

Update No. 6 Posted about over 4 years ago

Adoption Update No. 6 Our dossier is being translated by our in country rep in Colombia!!!! Then it will be sent to the adoption committee for approval, and next step is for a referral of a child. Currently, we have to finish some trainings for our agency that we have to do before travel. While we are waiting, we need to send a small gift to Colombia for our future child(ren), which includes...

Update No. 4 Posted about over 4 years ago

We received our I-800A approval from USCIS on 10/24!!!!!!! This is very exciting news! Our agency will be mailing our dossier to Colombia next week!!! While we wait for our dossier to be translated and approved by Colombia, we have to do some more training our agency requires. The next step after approval, is to start looking at kids and wait for a match from ICBF (Colombian government). . Some...

Update No. 2 Posted about over 4 years ago

Our homestudy has been approved as of last week!!! Now, we start the next step of the process. I mailed our I-800A to USCIS today. While we wait for USCIS’s approval, they will send us a notice to go get our fingerprints done at a USCIS office. I’m hoping we can just go to El Paso because there is an office there, but we will find out soon. The cost for this is $775, plus $85 each for o...

Update Date No. 1 Posted about about 5 years ago

Several people have been asking how it is going, so I wanted to write an update. I’m still trying to figure out everything myself, so please bare with me. As of today, we have contracted our adoption agency, Madison Adoption Associates. They are based out of Delaware and are not licensed to do home studies in New Mexico. We have contracted with a New Mexico agency that is going to con...

Our adoption just got updated to Paperwork In Process Posted about about 5 years ago

Next step….Colombia! For those of you who know me well, know that I hate writing and sharing my feelings, so this is NOT easy for me. This will be a new experience writing & posting about our lives online, lol. Needless to say, my blog posts will be short & quick to read! We want to keep everyone updated on each milestone we reach in our international adoption journey, so you w...