Roadmap

We received a long, detailed email about next steps in the process, which was good, because I was starting to feel like we were stumbling in the dark. People would ask me, and while I had the vaguest notion of the process, I really didn't know for sure. So, I now present to you a brief version of what lies before us:

• Next Friday, we will speak with the branch office supervisor to discuss our application and the process and any questions we may have.
• We will then be forwarded our home study packet. This is going to contain personal data questionnaires, medical reports, fingerprint forms, and requests for employment verifications, copies of birth certificates and marriage certificate. They will also need financial information and a map to our home (??).
  
• When they have all that stuff, we will have to pay for our home study.
  
• A local social worker will contact us to arrange for our interview meetings
• Before the home study is finished, we will need to take two modules of a "Parents in Process" course. The final three modules are to be taken after the homestudy, but before a child is assigned to us.
• We will receive information on how to file the US Citizenship and Immigration forms (I have heard this is a pain in the ass.)
  
• We will get more information on the timeframe and assignment process when we speak with the director next week. But based on the results of the homestudy, we will be matched with a child in Korea!
  
• There are post-placement services and visits from the social worker for 6 months after the child is home with us, and also information on finalizing or refinalizing the adoption.

That's all I've got right now, which is considerably more than I had before. I guess we have about one more week of "vacation" until we get in to this hard-core.