11/9/06 – Applied to Agency 11/15/06 – Accepted by Agency 12/7/06 – mailed I-600A 12/8/06 – I-600A Filed 1/3/07 – Federal Fingerprints 12/22/07, 1/4/07, 1/22/07 – Homestudy 2/8/07 – Home Study approved 2/21/07 – 171H approved 2/27/07 – 171H received 2/28/07 – Dossier State authenticated 3/7/07 –
Dossier Consulate authenticated 3/9/07 – Agency approved Dossier 3/16/07 – DTV 5/31/07 – Dossier submitted to IAD 6/3/08 – File I600A renewal 6/4/08 - Start filling out home study update 6/7/08 – Home study Addendum received 7/1/08 – IAD stops accepting dossier 7/7/08 – Federal Fingerprints redone 7/15/07 – Corrected Homestudy Addendum received 8/17/08 - Request info on Ethiopia 8/21/08 - New 171-H is issued 8/28/08 - new 171-H is sent to Hanoi 9/1/08 – Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam set to expire 10/10/08 - 99% sure I am switching to Ethiopia 10/15/08 - Vietnam and US annouce dossiers are being returned 10/19/08 - Finish home study update paperwork 10/22/08 - Switch to Ethiopia 10/23/08 - File new application with agency 10/24/08 - Began Ethiopian dossier 10/28/08 - Ethiopian Orientation with agency 11/14/2008 - Home study update visit complete 12/05/2008 - Home study updated (received 12/09/08) 12/11/2008 - 171-H change of country sent 12/14/2008 - Document State authenticated 1/12/2009 - 171-H issued 1/13/2009 - 171-H received 1/15/2009 - DOS authenticated 1/15/2009 - Ethiopian Embassy authenticated 1/17/2009 - Received authenticated dossier 1/19/2009 - Dossier received by agency 1/21/2009 - Agency approves dossier 1/30/2009 - Dossier to Ethiopia 2/4/2009 - Embassy issues case number 3/11/2009 - Dossier has been translated into Amharic 6/4/2009 - New POA State authenticated 6/9/2009 - New POA DOS authenticated 6/9/2009 - New POA Ethiopian Embassy authenticated 6/18/2009 - New POA received by agency 7/7/2009 - Referral!!!! 7/9/2009 - Accepted Referral 9/30/2009 - Federal Fingerprints redone again 11/5/2009 - First Court date - no MOWA paper 12/7/2009 - Second Court date - still no paper 12/9/2009 - Updated Home Study 12/9/2009 - Filed I-600A renewal again 12/17/09 - Third 171-H issued 12/30/09 - Third Court date- PASSED! 1/2/10 - Third 171- H received 1/29/10 - Notified of Embassy Date 2/4/10 - Leave for Paris 2/8/10 - Leave Paris for Addis Ababa 2/9/10 - Meet M 2/12/10 - Travel to Awassa 2/14/10 - Return from Awassa 2/16/10 - Embassy Appointment 2/18/10 - Pick up Visa 2/19/10 - Leave for home 2/20/10 - Arrive home
Love that photo of her holding her photo! Priceless.