Adoption Timeline

November 2014:  Application to Nightlight Christian Adoptions

June 2015:  Completed Home Study

August 2015:  Completed and Submitted Dossier

August 21, 2015:  Saw First Photo of Kiddos

September 2015:  Dossier In-Country

January 2016:  Dossier Logged into IBESR

October 2016: Home Study Update

November 10, 2016: News of Possible Loss of Pre-Match

December 12, 2016: News of IBESR Re-Issuing Referral to Us  👏

December 20, 2016: Referral Fee Request

February 2017:  USCIS I-800A Extension

April 3, 2017:  Official Referral and Article 16 Received

April 14-28, 2017: Socialization Trip

May 8, 2017: I-800 Filed

June 1, 2017:  I-800 Provisional Approval

June 13, 2017:  Visa Appointment

June 14, 2017:  Article 5 Issued

August 29, 2017: Adoption Authorization Received

October 6, 2017: Judgement Signed in Parquet

November 22, 2017: Adoption Finalized in Haiti (we're legally their parents and they have our last name!)

January 3, 2018: Moved to Haiti and took the kids out of the creche for good

January 9, 2018: Article 23

January 15, 2018: Entered MOI

January 19, 2018: Visa Medical Appointment

January 30, 2018: Exited MOI

February 1, 2018: Passports Applied For

February 26, 2018: Passports Received

February 27, 2018: Visas and Exit Letter Received
                                FLEW OUT OF HAITI!!!!

February 28, 2018: ARRIVED HOME TO COLORADO!


...and that's just the beginning of this great big adventure!