Timeline

The following timeline details the sequence of events that took place during our adoption process. We began the process on Jan 4, 2000, and returned home on August 5, 2000. We could have traveled as early as May, but Matt was working a second job to bring in some additional funds. The job lasted until July 11th, and three days later, we were on a plane for Ukraine. Hopefully, this timeline will help you judge the amount of time to expect between steps in your adoption process.

A word of caution though — just because the adoption paperwork could be done within five months, it doesn’t mean that you can be scheduled that quickly.

Date	Event
Jan 4 ,2000	Birth certificates & marriage license notarized
Jan 21, 2000	Mailed INS I-600A application
Jan 24, 2000	Mailed home study application
	Had our blood work done for dossier
Jan 26, 2000	Results of Anna’s blood work
Jan 27, 2000	INS received I-600A application
Feb 3, 2000	Attended first home study visit
Feb 3, 2000	Anna had medical physical
	Received notorized county arrest records
Feb 4, 2000	Matt had physical
	Received Anna’s notarized doctor letter
Feb 10, 2000	Received fingerprint scheduling letter
Feb 14, 2000	Had fingerprints taken for INS
Feb 16, 2000	Results of Matt’s blood work
Feb 22, 2000	Received Matt’s notarized doctor letter
	Last home study visit
March 15, 2000	Received Anna’s passport
March 18, 2000	Received completed Home study
March 22, 2000	Received I-171 INS approval letter
March 23, 2000	Received Matt’s passport
May 17, 2000	Received notarized city arrest records
May 22, 2000	Purchased airline tickets
May 23, 2000	Received Secretary of State stamps for dossier
May 25, 2000	Sent copy of dossier to Facilitator for translation
May 30, 2000	Mailed dossier for federal/Embassy stamps
	Mailed Visa applications
June 16, 2000	Received notice that Embassy has sent dossier to Ukraine
June 19, 2000	Received vaccinations for Tetanus/DP and Hep-A
June 23, 2000	Received passports with visas in them
July 14, 2000	Boarded our flight to Ukraine
July 15, 2000	Arrived in Ukraine
July 17, 2000	Went to the Adoption Center in Kiev
	Referred to three boys in Korvohrad orphanage
July 18, 2000	Received permission to visit orphanage from Municipal Counsel
	Visited orphanage in Korvohrad region
July 19, 2000	Returned to the Adoption Center in Kiev
	Referred to four boys in Simferopol orphanage
July 20, 2000	Received permission to visit orphanage from Municipal Counsel
	Visited Simferopol orphanage in Crimea region
	Met our baby boy, Conner Elijah (Eel’ya)
July 21, 2000	Visited Notary to sign documents for adoption
	Visited Municipal Counsel to begin adoption process
July 24, 2000	Received approval letter from Municipal Counsel
	Sent documents to Kiev for approval by Adoption Center
July 25, 2000	Passport pictures taken of Conner
July 26, 2000	Received approval letter from Adoption Center
	Court date set
July 28, 2000	Court date. Adoption completed of Conner. Ten days waived.
	Completion of travel documents, passport, etc