There is perhaps nothing that parents considering adoption want to know more than "how long will it take?"  There's also perhaps nothing that a good adoption agency is less likely to commit to.

We've learned the hard way that adoption, like any other way of becoming a parent, happens on its own clock.  Still, we always found it helpful to hear about others' experiences and so we thought it might be beneficial to share ours...
Our Adoption Timeline
Early October, 2003 - We had our first call with World Partners Adoption Agency.
November, 2003 - We contracted with a social worker from Adoption Advocates who conducted a series of one-on-one and group interviews with us as well as visited our home.
The first of December, 2003 - We signed our contract with World Partners.
January 12, 2004 - We submitted the first draft of our dossier-- all the adoption paperwork including the homestudy, medical reports, financial statements, etc.-- to World Partners for review.  After that we sent it to Paperwork Partners for help with apostilling and completing the final dossier.
March, 2004 - We submitted our completed dossier and began the LONG wait.
November 1, 2004 - We accepted the referral for Owen.
December 24, 2004 - We received travel dates.
January 17, 2005 - We leave for Kazakhstan:
January 18 -- We arrive in Almaty.
January 19 -- We meet with the Kazak sisters who coordinate adoptions with World Partners.
Later that evening - We arrive in Kokshetau.
January 20 -- We meet Owen for the first time.
February 2 -- We hope to have a court date to be granted formal custody
February 23 -- If all goes well we return to Almaty for meetings with the U.S. Embassy
February 27 -- We return to the U.S. with our new son.
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