We just received word that our Home Study was completed and approved. This is a huge milestone! We have been working on our Home Study since August 2013.
Next Step: Apply to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to be deemed suitable to adopt, then wait 2-3 months!
Technically the application form is the I-800a or the “Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Convention Child.” A “Convention Child” is a child from a Hague Convention country. A Hague Convention country is one that has signed the The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, but I won’t get started on that right now.
With our Home Study complete we can also apply for grants, and hopefully set up an account to allow people to donate money tax-free if they are so inclined.
More to come, thanks for being on this journey with us.
That’s great! another milestone. We are so excited to see how God works on behalf of this waiting little one and works all things to His Glory. thanks for keeping us in the loop. Happy Grandparents!.
This makes it very real! Prayers from all who are watching you on this journey.
YAY!!!!
Praying with you along this exciting journey! We are so excited to welcome the child that God has prepared for your family to adopt.
Yahoo!!!! Been praying for this!!!