Mommy and Daddy are looking to start the adoption process this year. They plan to try and adpot me a baby brother (or sister) from Viet Nam! Here's a checklist of tasks that they need to finish before they can bring him home.
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Apply for homestudy |
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Choose an adoption agency |
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Apply to chosen agency |
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Order Mommy’s birth certificate |
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Order Daddy’s birth certificate |
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Order our marriage certificate |
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Parent in Process Class (Part I) |
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Parent in Process Class (Part II) |
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Homestudy - First Meeting |
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Homestudy - Home Inspection and Individual Meetings |
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Receive homestudy approval |
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Complete I-600 A Form |
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Get passport for everyone traveling |
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Fingerprinting for Mommy and Daddy (For Adoption Agency) |
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Fingerprinting for Mommy and Daddy (For Feds) |
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Get 4 personal references |
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Receive I-171 H |
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Our family |
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Our house |
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The baby’s future nursery (I believe these pictures will be given to the orphanage our baby is staying at) |
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Letter of Intent to adopt |
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Application for adoption of a Vietnamese child |
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Police clearance |
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Medical clearance |
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Employer reference |
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Financial Statement |
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Complete Dossier |
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Dossier sent for authentication |
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Dossier gets translated into Vietnamese |
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DTV |
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Referral |
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Accept referral |
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Immunizations for everyone |
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Travel to Viet Nam |
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Giving and Receiving Ceremony |
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Come HOME – We’re a family! |