ADOPTION TIMELINE

09/24/09 - Submitted my application to the Russia program.

09/29/09 - Accepted into the CHI Russia program.

12/17/09 - Fingerprinted for USCIS.

12/24/09 - Received my completed homestudy.

01/04/10 - Submitted my dossier to CHI.

01/07/10 - Received my USCIS clearance.

01/11/10 - My wait officially starts today!

01/20/10 - My documents arrived in Russia.

04/22/10 - Received my FBI clearance.

07/06/10 - Submitted for my new immigration clearance.

09/02/10 - Received my new immigration clearance.

11/24/10 - Received my new FBI clearance.

12/01/10 - Applied for my Visa.

12/28/10 - Received my Visa.

01/12/11 - Received my travel dates.

01/18/11 - Fingerprinted for my new immigration clearance.

01/24/11 - Received my new immigration clearance.

02/28/11 - Arrived in Moscow.

03/01/11 - Met the 'little man'.

03/06/11 - Arrived home.

03/21/11 - Received my court date.

04/07/11 - Arrived in Moscow.

04/08/11 - Completed my medical exam for court.

04/13/11 - Took the 'little man' for his passport picture.

04/14/11 - Court in Moscow.

04/26/11 - Back to Moscow.

04/27/11 - Picked Maxim up at the orphanage.

04/28/11 - Max has his US medical exam.

04/29/11 - We go to the US Embassy for our interview.

4/30/11 - We arrive home and Max becomes a citizen at 5:35 PM EST.