Timeline

June 12, 2004: Attended Adoption Workshop at Dillon International
June 20, 2004: Submitted Application Part 1 to Dillon International
August 23, 2004: Completed and submitted Application Part 2 to Dillon International.
September 11, 2004: Submitted I-600A pre-file to BCIS
September 20, 2004: First Home Study Visit
October 1, 2004: Home Study Complete
October 29, 2004: Home Study Approved by Dillon International
November 2, 2004: Received Dossier Packet from Dillon International
November 30, 2004: India Dossier Complete and Submitted to Dillon International
November 30, 2004: Place on Waiting List at #6
February 19, 2005: Attended Physical and Emotional Care of Newly Adopted Children workshop at Dillon
March 24, 2005: Attended reception for Ms. Anju Roy from ISRC at Dillon International (THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DATE!!!!!)
April 1, 2005: Approved Home Study Submitted to BCIS
April 13, 2005: Traveled to OKC to BCIS for finger printing
April 20, 2005: Received I-171H
July 30, 2005: Attended CPR and First Aid class at the Red Cross
September 7, 2005: Referral Received
September 14, 2005: Referral of Kushal (Ian Everett Kushal Conner) Accepted!!!! Yippee!!!!
September 15, 2005: Acceptance Paperwork signed and submitted to Dillon International. We are waiting now for NOC and Guardianship to be completed.
November 3, 2005: NOC Received!!!! Woo, Hoo.....Now we are just waiting for guardianship. Hopefully we'll have this little guy home before long.
December 6, 2005: New pictures received
December 12, 2005: Video of Ian (3 minutes of Heaven).
December 21, 2005: Legals (guardianship) received.
December 28, 2005: Legals actually received at Dillon office in Tulsa.
February 1, 2006: Booked travel to India (departing Tulsa on Tuesday, February 14, 2006)
February 10, 2006: Received an email from Jynger that Ian's passport was lost in the mail. We can still travel, but we may get delayed in Kolkata.
February 13, 20006: Received call from Jynger first thing this morning. Ian's passport has been found. We're good to go.
February 14, 2006: Depart for India
February 16, 2006: Arrive in Kolkata
February 17, 2006: Gotcha Day!!! Ian was placed in our arms forever.
February 19, 2006: Depart Kolkata for New Delhi
February 21, 2006: Filed I-600 and Visa in New Delhi
February 22, 2006: Picked up Visa in New Delhi
February 23, 2006: Departed New Delhi for USA
February 24, 2006: Arrived in Newark at 4:20am. Arrived in Tulsa, OK at 1:30pm.
March 10, 2006: First post placement visit.
April 30, 2006: Baby Dedication at Church
May 24, 2006: Second post placement visit.
July 24, 2006: Third and final post placement visit.
January 19, 2007: ADOPTION FINALIZED!!!
November 7, 2007: Certificate Of Citizenship granted.


The list looks kind of short and simple. But, trust me.....between November 30, 2004 and September 7 2005....there were lots of ups and downs. We happened to hit it on a year that the orphanage in India had to be re-licensed. That took FOREVER....well, I guess it just seemed like forever. Referrals could not be made until the license was renewed. There were no referrals from October 2004 until August 2005. Then they started coming in. 4 little girls were referred first and then we got the referral of our sweet baby Ian.