Deeper Into the Pile
We've actually gotten quite a bit of paperwork done already. All the easy stuff is done -- things where we just have to fill in applications or sign papers and return them.
We've also completed some of the more complicated things. We sent for and received our birth certificates within 2 days -- I wish everything would go this quickly! We sent for our marriage certificate. Long questionnaires about our past and present family life are done. Questionnaires have been given to our 3 references (big thank you to those of you who are doing this for us!). Passports are copied. And we have appointments made for our physicals.
The next stack of papers are all things that have to be notarized. Thankfully we have a notary at work, so that should be easy to do. I'm also compiling the required 8 photos of our family that will go with our dossier to China. And we have a draft of our "Petition to Adopt" letter to the Chinese government, explaining why we want to adopt from China.
We've paid the fees for our homestudy, so now we're just waiting to find out who our social worker is and when we can get the meetings set up with him/her. We'll need to meet with the social worker 3 times and then he/she will write up a report on our family and household. Kind of nervous about that, just because I'm not sure what to expect. And I think the nesting instinct has kicked in because I feel great pressure to get our house in top shape before the social worker comes!
Our agency has been great so far, especially considering I've called or emailed almost every day with paperwork questions!
So that's where we are at 2 1/2 weeks into the process...
We've also completed some of the more complicated things. We sent for and received our birth certificates within 2 days -- I wish everything would go this quickly! We sent for our marriage certificate. Long questionnaires about our past and present family life are done. Questionnaires have been given to our 3 references (big thank you to those of you who are doing this for us!). Passports are copied. And we have appointments made for our physicals.
The next stack of papers are all things that have to be notarized. Thankfully we have a notary at work, so that should be easy to do. I'm also compiling the required 8 photos of our family that will go with our dossier to China. And we have a draft of our "Petition to Adopt" letter to the Chinese government, explaining why we want to adopt from China.
We've paid the fees for our homestudy, so now we're just waiting to find out who our social worker is and when we can get the meetings set up with him/her. We'll need to meet with the social worker 3 times and then he/she will write up a report on our family and household. Kind of nervous about that, just because I'm not sure what to expect. And I think the nesting instinct has kicked in because I feel great pressure to get our house in top shape before the social worker comes!
Our agency has been great so far, especially considering I've called or emailed almost every day with paperwork questions!
So that's where we are at 2 1/2 weeks into the process...
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