Mironyuk's Adoption Story From Ukraine: SDA closing

2nd Adoption TimeLines

Decided to adopt: 05/03/2011

home study visit: 06/11/2011
I-600A to USCIS: 06/06/2011
Home Study Draft : 07/14/2011

Send cards to FBI: 07/21/2011 send

Home Study done: 08/02/2011

Home study and POA send to Ukraine: 08/12/2011

Card to FBI send second time: 08/12/2011

Sergeys Clearance Letter: 8/24/2011( wrong one)
Tatyana Clearance letter: 08/24/2011

Sergey Clearance Letter: 8/26/2011
got letter for fingerprints appointment: 10/07/2011
fingerprint appointment on: 10/20/2011(did earlier on 10/11/2011)
Got I171H in the mail:10/31/2011
Submission Date: 11/09/2011

Heard story about two kids and decided to adopt them : 1/10/2012

APPOINTMENT DATE: 1/24/2012

Found out that kids we were hoping to adopt are not available for adoption 1/24/2012

Scheduled another appointment with SDA to be match with different child/ren but never made it to that appointment , just went back to US, and had decision to go back for two kids that were already in our hearts

Second Appointment with SDA: 05/21/2012

Officially Met our children: 05/23/2012

Court Date: 06/07/12

Finally got home: 06/30/2012

1st Adoption Timeline........

Process started:1/28/09
1st home study visit:2/20/09
2nd home study visit:7/01/09
I-600A to USCIS:7/11/09
Home Study Draft : 8/03/09
Sergeys Clearance Letter: 8/20/09
HomeStudy Finalized, and Mailed with Power of Attorney to Ukraine: 8/26/09
Tatyana Clearance letter: 8/27/09
got letter for fingerprints appointment: 9/03/09
fingerprint appointment on: 9/12/09
Submission Date: 10/13/2009
Got I171H in the mail: 9/23/2009
APPOINTMENT DATE: 11/10/09

(all orphanages were closed due to swine flu , so we just visited our relatives for two weeks)

Met our son 11/24/2009

Court Date: 12/08/2009

Got back paperwork from court: 12/21/2009

Gotcha Day: 12/22/2009

Finally got home: 12/26/2009

Mironyuk's Adoption Story From Ukraine

Friday, July 15, 2011

SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine