The Kirkland Family: Please help us with our adoption!!!

Friday, December 25, 2009

Please help us with our adoption!!!

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The Kirkland FamilyDecember 25, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Please forward our blog to others and become a follower so you can find out when we have news on our adoption!!!
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Adoption Costs

Vilis REECES RAINBOW GRANT- $8,673

Juris REECES RAINBOW GRANT-$11,485

Kirkland Blog- IFSP- $1,620

TOTAL GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE AFTER REGISTERED IN L: $21, 678!!!!!PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!

Puzzle Piece Fundraiser- $1,590.00 PAID Post Placements

Reece's Rainbow Application Fee- $50 PAID!

Reece's Rainbow Love Gift- $500 PAID!

Initial Agency Case Management Fee- $1500 PAID!

Second Agency Case Management Fee- $1500 PAID!

NCFA online parent training- $175 PAID!

Home Study- $1850 PAID!

Case worker mileage-$165 PAID!

Case Worker change- $165 PAID!

Clearance Processing- $100 PAID!

SC DSS Approval- $225 PAID!

Background check/ overnight shipping- $48.92 PAID!

USCIS I-800 application fee- $720 PAID!

USCIS- Biometrics fingerprint- $170 PAID!

Express Delivery to USCIS-$ 18.95 PAID!

Document Notarization- $45.33 PAID!

Document Apostille- $48.00 PAID!

Dossier express shipping to agency- $39.99 PAID

Hague Home Study Oversight- $250 PAID

Program Fee (Legal retainer, translation)- $2,000 PAID

Remainder of Program fee- $6,500 PAID

Second Child fee- $2,000 PAID

USCIS I-800, second child approval- $720 PAID

Airfare 1st trip- $4,709.54 PAID

Airfare 2nd trip-$1,300 PAID

NEED!!!! airfare 3rd trip- $$5,086 PAID

Estimated Lodging 1st trip- $1,000 PAID

Estimated Lodging 2nd trip- $400 PAID

NEED!! Lodging 3rd Trip- $800

Estimated Transportation cost 1st trip- $300 PAID

Estimated Transportation cost 2nd trip- $100 PAID

NEED!!! Transportation cost 3rd trip- $300

Meals first trip- $1,000 PAID

Meals 2nd trip- $250 PAID

NEED!! Meals 3rd trip- $500

NEED!!Child visa medical exam- $360

NEED!!Immigration US Embassy Visa- $460

TOTAL ALREADY PAID: $32,936.73

MONEY WE NEED NOW!!!: $2, 420!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adoption Timeline

October 2011- God called us to adopt again!!

November 2011- Announced we were going to adopt Vilis and Juris

December 2011- Home study Paperwork Complied

January 24, 2012- Met with Case Worker, 1st meeting

February 11, 2012- Met with Case Worker. 2nd meeting

March 12, 2012- Home Study Complete, Forwarded on to SC DSS

April 5, 2012- SC DSS approved our homestudy, forwarded to USCIS

April 18, 2012- USCIS received and began processing I-800 application

FBI fingerprints completed- May 15, 2012

USCIS I-800 approved- June 5, 2012

Received I-800- June 9,2012

Received expedited background checks- June 13, 2012

Apostilled last of documents at Secretary of State- June 14, 2012

Mailed Dossier to About A child- June 14, 2012

About A Child received Dossier- June 18,2012

Dossier mailed to L- July 3, 2012

First trip to L- August 28,2012- September 25, 2012

Guardianship Hearing/ Petition to Adopt- September 21, 2012

Return with Guardianship with the boys- September 25, 2012

The Kirkland Family

Friday, December 25, 2009

Please help us with our adoption!!!

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