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• Pick an Agency
• Pick a Country
• Apply to CAS
• Accepted! 2/23/06
• Start Homestudy History
• Write Autobiographies
• Get a Physical
• Mail Homestudy History! 5/3/06
• Pay Up! 5/13/06
• Tell the Family
• Schedule Home Study
• Mail I-600A
• Mail FCA Application
• Collect Important Documents
• Pay Up! 6/21/06
• Apply for Passports
• Get Fingerprinted
• Receive Passports
• Get Approved by CIS 10/06/06!
• Write 'Dear Birth Mother' letter
• Wait till November :(
• Get Documents Notarized
• Complete Homestudy Packet
• Wait some more... :(
• Mail "Dossier" to Korea 12/11/06!
• Get Vaccines Part 1
• Wait even longer...
• Recieve Referral 3/19/07!!!!!
• Get Vaccines Part 2
• Accept Referral! 3/21/07
• Mail Acceptance Packet
• Pay Up! 3/29/07
• Register For Baby Stuff
• Mail Care Package to Korea
• Receive Legals from Korea 5/3/07!
• Get Immigration Approval from CIS 6/11/07!
• Get Emigration Approval from Korea
• Get Travel Clearance from Korea 6/15/07!
• Babyproof
• Get the Nursery Ready
• Travel to Korea! 6/18/07!
• Bring Home Baby AJ!! 6/24/07!
• 1st Post Placement Visit 7/6/07
• 2nd Post Placement Visit 9/17/07
• 3rd (final!) Post Placement Visit 12/10/07
• Get documents notarized
• File Petition for Adoption
• Receive Consent to Adopt from FCA
• Receive Adoption Decree 3/6/08!
• Party!! AJ is officially ours forever!
• Receive US "Birth" Certificate 5/21/08!
• File for Certificate of Citizenship
• Receive Certificate of Citizenship 12/13/08!
• File for Social Security Card
• Call it a day. No more paperwork.

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