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MOI - OUT!

We received awesome news last Friday - Joseph exited MOI!  Woot-woot!  Our agency said they were applying for a passport on Monday!  Please pray we receive our passport this week and enter the US Embassy asap.  Thanks again for joining us on our journey!  So stinkin' excited for our boy to come home!!!

1. Homestudy - 1-3 months

2. Dossier Completion - 1-3 months

3. USCIS Approval - 45 days

4. Dossier Translation at Haitian Embassy - 2 weeks

5. Dossier Processed in Haiti - 4-6 weeks

6. Dossier Entered IBESR - 4-10 months (entered March 26, 2012)

7. First Travel Trip to Haiti - signed I600 at Embassy (September 24, 2012)

8.  Exit IBESR (exited October 12, 2012) 

9.  Parquet where the adoption becomes legal (entered October 15, 2012, exited December 2012)

10.  New Homestudy for USCIS Approval (which expires after a year) 

11.  Birth Parent Interview (November 17, 2012)

12.  Archives - 4-12 weeks (exit January 2013)

13.  MOI (Minister of Interior) - 1-3 months (entered around February 8, 2013)

14.  Haitian Passport for Joseph - 1-3 weeks

15.   Adoption File to USCIS for Final Approval - 3 to 6 weeks

16.  Visa Appointment - 3 - 6 weeks

17.  IBESR Exit letter - 1 week

18.  PICK UP TRIP!

We have completed the highlighted stages above.

                   LOVE THIS PIC!  I think he's saying, "I am ready to come any day!"