Our Thailand Adoption Journey: December 2008

We are blessed to receive such a wonderful gift this Christmas. Seth is forever ours!! Merry Christmas everyone!!

Adoption Timeline

February 27, 2008 - Meeting with Thai board in BANGKOK
February 21, 2008 - We fly out at 6am for Thailand
January 27, 2008 - Seth's 1st Birthday - we meet you in less than a month my sweet boy!
Jauary 24, 2008 - Carla, our social worker, came over to do an addendum . Our original home study will have expired by 5 days when we go to Thai board meeting.
January 23, 2008 - Tracy got Hep A, Tetanus, and Typhoid Fever shot.
January 23, 2008 - Received I-600 approval. Average wait is 8 weeks, we waited 16 weeks. Also mailed travel docs to Holt.
January 16, 2008 - Received travel call after only 3 days shy of 4 months. Travel docs were emailed same day. We were prepared for 7 to 9 months
October 11, 2007 - Submitted I-600 - Seth's application to receive his visa (should get approval within 8 weeks)
October 4, 2007 - Mailed Seth's first package to Thailand
October 1, 2007 - Fed Ex'd (2 day) approval papers to Holt - also sent introduction letter, photo album and disposable cameras to Seth
September 24, 2007 - Overnighted (Fed Ex) approval papers to Holt for Holt Sahathai (this gets our clock ticking for travel approval)
September 19, 2007 - Received our referral
May 23, 2007 - I-171H Approval
March 21, 2007 - Dossier arrived in Oregon (Holt)
February 28, 2007 - Joel fingerprinted
February 27, 2007 - Tracy fingerprinted
February 19, 2007 - Home Study Approved
February 6, 2007 - Patsakorn's mom gives up custody - Same day as we were invited to get fingerprinted. How Great Is Our God!!
February 6, 2007 - USCIS invitation to be fingerprinted (homestudy must be done first)
January 31, 2007 - USCIS Received Application for I-1600A
January 27, 2007 - Patsakorn Sae-an is born
January 2, 2007 - Mailed Adoption Application to Holt
November 2006 - Joel Traveled to Thailand on Mission Trip - God planted a seed in our hearts!

Love of a child...priceless

$100 - Home Study addendum
$90 - Tracy's 3 shots (Joel already has his)
$8,190 Thailand Country Fee to Holt
$98.05 - Tracy's passport fee (Joel already has his) - got it at the post office
$30 Passport Picture - Wal Mart
$25 More Fed Ex Fees
$120 Central Delivery Service (Courier in Washington)
$15 Royal Thai Embassy (Certification)
$7 US Department of State (certification)
$2,795 Dossier Fee - paid to Holt
$12 State Department for Certification/Authentication
$25 Fed Ex fee
$300 Medical Examination Fee
$140 FBI Fingerprinting
$545 I600-A Application
$750 Homestudy - Jewish Family Center
$14 Marriage License - local court house
$72 Birth Certificates - Memphis Health Dept.
$200 Adoption Fee to Holt

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