Our Application for Adoption was submitted today

Well it is official! We took the first steps and have formally submitted our 30+ page application today :)

• We received our background checks back and are all clear :)
  
• We have also submitted our I-600A application to Homeland Security. This form is used to officially request permission from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to classify a child in a foreign country, who fits the definition of an "orphan," as an immediate relative of its intended adoptive parents, so that there can be an expedited processing and issuance of a visa to that child, allowing it to be brought into the United States, either after having been adopted abroad, or in order for it to be adopted in the United States.

Next step:

In 2 weeks we will be assigned a social worker, who will provide a homestudy in our home....more to come