About Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is in central asia. It was once part of the Soviet Union. It is nestled to the south of Russia and northeast of China. The national language is Kazakh but the common language spoken is Russian.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Timeline to Kazakhstan
- July 28, 2009: Gotcha Day
- June 17, 2009: Court in Ust-K
- May 21, 2009: left for Ust-Kamenogorsk
- May 7, 2009: received LOI and region assignment to Ust-Kamenogorsk
- March 12, 2009: dossier approved and sent to Kazakhstan
- Feb. 26 2009: dossier sent to Kazakhstans DC embassy
- Jan. 23 2009: updated documents apostilled and fed-ex'd to AA
- Jan. 20 2009: received FBI clearance
- Jan. 7 2009: Re-did the Re-do of the FBI fingerprinting (Kari) and sent for clearance
- Dec. 19 2008: Re-did FBI fingerprinting and sent for clearance
- July 11: Dossier authenticated and Fed-ex'd to Adoption Ark.
- June 21: received I-171h
- April 19- received fingerprinting notice in the mail
- Feb. 13 went to Sherrif dept- got black fingers (fingerprinting) for FBI clearance
- Feb. 8: received dossier packet via email from AA (Adoption Ark)
- February 6: mailed contract and initial paperwork
- 2008
5 comments:
Yeah!!!! This is so awesome!!! Congrats!!!! :) They are beautiful!
So wonderful to see them home!!! Are they always that happy looking? Congrats and blessings!
Welcome Home!! So so happy for you all!
Heidi (& Kristi)
P.S. Kristi and I are blog-stalking you from work:)
We're just back from our trip and so excited to see these photos!! The kids are adorable and everyone looks so happy. We're looking forward to meeting Sasha and Masha next time we're in Michigan. Can't wait!
Cindy,John and Jack
Congratulations!! My name is Amy I adopted my Karina from Ust, Kazakhstan and arrived home in April of 2008. I just found your blog today. I wanted to introduce myself and offer myself and my experiences to you regarding older child adoption. The first three months with Karina were really hard for me, the next three months were better but still pretty hard. The nine month mark felt markedly better and the one year mark was completely different. I have been through a lot with my Karina from hitting, scratching, biting, you name it. I would love to chat with you if you would like if you ever need to talk to someone who has been through the same thing. My email is AMSharify@aol.com or AMSharify@gmail.com. The first twelve weeks home can be hard...take care of yourself and try and get some scheduled time every day when you can just be gone for an hour by yourself...even if it is to just drive around.
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