What we have done so far...

So the first thing you will find surprising about adopting is the mounds (and I mean mounds) of paperwork. We have received endless binders with reading material and countless documents to get notarized and copied. So far we have completed:

• Plan's initial application
• Training class
• More paperwork including references, background checks, medical checks and various other information
• Immigration paperwork called the I600A. This form allows us to adopt a foreign born orphan. Once it is approved, we then get our appointment to get fingerprinted.
• Lots of $$

Next comes the home study and then the completion of paperwork for Vietnam, which is called a dossier.