January 2006
Nicky decides she wants kids and starts trying to convince Jrock.
Mother’s Day 2006
Jrock says for the first time that he’d consider adopting.
Christmas Day 2006
Jrock gives Nicky Where are you going Manyoni? (a children’s book about a little African girl) and says he’s on board. Best Xmas present ever!
April 28 2007
First application forms sent in.
May 3, 2007
Retainer signed with Kidslink (now Imagine) - they are our federal agency.
May 30, 2007
First apointment with Social Worker and local agency.
July 9, 2007
Dossier sent off to Kidslink (now Imagine) Agency! Paperwork done!
July 16, 2007
Our 2nd anniversary, AND…
Last visit with the social worker.
August 3, 2007
Homestudy signed off and sent to Kidslink (now Imagine).
August 7, 2007
Immigration paperwork sent off.
August 30, 2007
Our file is sent from Kidslink (now Imagine) to Ethiopia!
September 3, 2007
Our file arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
December 18, 2007
Changed our request from “1 kid under 1 and 1 kid under 3″ to “1 under 1 and 1 under 4.”
January 11, 2008
Sent off Part 1 of the new citizenship application.
January 30, 2008
Received citizenship application Part 1 back in the mail.
March 1, 2008
Sent citizenship application Part 2 off to Kidslink (now Imagine Adoption), to be ready for referral.
August 25, 2007
Changed our request from “1 under 1 and 1 under 4″ to “2 kids under 4.”
Hello
We are also with Kids Link and are almost finished our paperwork too !! i think?? hah Our homestudy is complete but is being proof read and then its off to the Ab gov’t to be approved yeah! We are asking for a 0-6 month old boy at time of referrel. We have already adopted a girl from China. Maybe we’ll travel together!!
Dina
That’s awesome Dina! I think we’re exactly at the same place
I bet, though, that you will be travelling ahead of us. Kidslink has insanely quick referral times for a single child, but siblings is usually a 6-9 month wait. Cool to meet you!
Nicky
We’re also adopting from Ethiopia with Kidslink. Our dossier hit Addis on December 17th. Are you doing Citizenship or Visa?? We’re trying to decide.
Emily
Heya Emily;
We are going the citizenship route – we already got Part 1 back and as soon as we get a referral, I’ll send off our PArt 2 to the agency.
Good luck in your journey! I’d love to hear how things are going
Nicky
So, you are going to be one of the “brave” ones and try the new way. I am waiting to see what is going to happen before stepping off. We applied for the PRV when our dossier was sent to Ethiopia.
Hi!
My husband and I are also going through imagine adoption (formerly Kidslink). We have started all the paperwork…I feel like I have a part time job with it! But it is so worth it!! How do you feel at this point…it’s like hurry up…..and…..wait.
We have one more weekend session with PRIDE training and then we are done it. I live in hamilton and am trying to find an ethiopian community here….it’s almost impossible to get info…
anyone have any info..
can’t wait to keep reading your story.
God Bless you all.
Are you still waiting for a referral then? We are just starting the paperwork and i am trying to get a real estimate on wait times..also, i am confused about the citizenship vs. visa??
Hi Rebecca;
Yup, we are still waiting (IMpatiently!) for a referral…. The timelines have changed a lot since we submitted our paperwork… it’s hard to get even a rough guess of timelines – the rule usually is, though, the broader your age range, the quicker the referral.
Cheers
Nicky
Nicky, its wonderful that you have decided to adopt a sibling group. At least that is what I’m assuming, going by your age request. We live in Ontario and are currently in the incredibly long wait between recieving our referral (a beautiful boy from China) and actually getting on the plane. We decided to do the new citizenship route and have been waiting nearly 2 months to get back part 1. Now they want proof of ID. So we sent off our birth certificates, passports and drivers liceince in notarized form. We have our referral and this is not yet done!! Stressful indeed. When my husband and I started out in this process we wanted to adopt a sibling group if at all possible. Ethiopia was one of our pics. Our social worker however would not support it saying that it is somehow not allowed in Ontario. Hmmm is this true? I’m assuming you live in Ontario. Our son is 3 1/2 yrs with a cleft lip and palette from China.
We hope you get your referral soon, we plan on going to Ethiopia next.
Katherine
Hi Katherine;
actually, we live in BC – and there is no trouble adopting a sibling group as long as your social worker approves you to that effect.
Sorry to hear the gov. is taking so long to process your docs. The nice thing about Ethiopiia is that we can get our Part 1 away long before referrral, leaving only Part 2 post-referral.
Best of luck in getting all the Ts drocssed and the Is dotted to get your new son ASAP!
Nicky
Nice to find someone else with Imagine and from Canada adopting from Ethiopia. I adopted my daughter in April 2007 from China and I am currently waiting for a referral from Ethiopia (boy or girl up to 9 months of age) My LID (logged in date) is Aug 26/08!!
Hi. My husband and I are just in the beginning stages of looking into adoption from Ethiopia. We’ve contact Imagine and we’re waiting to recieve our info package. We live in Ottawa. We’re looking for a boy or girl between 0-2 years old… does anyone know approx. wait times for this? Also, does everyone like Imagine? Any problems? Thanks!
Hi,
I know that people who want to adopt a child do so with the best intentions, so I am not casting any aspersions against you but think you should be aware of what is happening in Ethiopia.
If you go to the Australian ABC web site and watch this evenings program about adopting children from Ethiopia. There are so called Christian organisations harvesting children for adoption, that means they pressure parents in bad circumstances to adopt out their children, most regret having done so and live a life of pain and suffering not knowing where their children are and how they are doing. There are also no child protection laws, Ethiopia not being a signatory to the United Nations and as such the best interest of the children are rarely considered.
I ask you to please watch the program at:
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2686908.htm
And reconsider adopting children from Ethiopia, if you want to help the children donate to a charity but don’t get involved in the appalling practice of harvesting children.