Steps to Completion

Timeline to Baby M

August 8, 2014             
Matched on CARA website at 10 AM                          

August 13, 2014           
Approved for match by Orphanage and CARA            

August 15, 2014           
Letter requesting Baby M's Referral            
              

September 18, 2014    
Official Referral Paperwork Received   
                 

September 23, 2014     
Referral Video Received                                          

October 1, 2014            
Official Referral Paperwork Returned to AWAA        

October 3, 2014            
Referral Paperwork mailed to India                         

It should arrive in India by October 10, 2014

October 27, 2014
I-800 approval                                                        

October 10, 2014
Paperwork sent to SARA Committee for ARC            

 January 22, 2015
Notified that ARC approval was given                     

January 19, 2015
NOC approval received                                           

February 2, 2015
Our case was filed in court in India                         

March 23, 2015
Our case was disposed with verbal court approval   

April 7, 2015
Sent a photo book to Baby M about us                     

April 21, 2015
Our agency starts working on our travel plans         

May 5, 2015
Written Court Orders (Writtens)

Once Written Approval is granted he is officially ours! 

May 18, 2015 his passport arrived

US Passport Application for Baby M.

We travel to meet baby M and pick him up

We travel to Delhi to the embassy so Baby M can travel into the USA

We come home as a family of 3 (5 if you count the dogs!)