Where Are We?
$29,710 Total Estimated Costs for Adopting Shawna and Lindsay
$5938 Reeces’ Rainbow Grant Funds (as of Sept 1, 2011)
$611 Other donations/funds given directly to us
$23,150 Remaining needed to be fully-funded
Our grant funds with Reece's Rainbow will be made available to us when we get our appointments and travel dates.We're very close! We anticipate traveling in October 2011!
What Does It Cost to Adopt Where We Are Going?
$1,400 Homestudy (includes all additional fees for training, certified documents and medical exams)
$890 USCIS (I600a Application and fingerprinting fees)
$720 USCIS - second child’s application to be paid at US Embassy
$11,000 Facilitator Fees * (for two children)
$6,000 Flights - International, 2 trips for parents, 2 one-ways for the girls
$2,100 Lodging/Food/Other supplies (first trip, 3wks)
$1,500 Lodging/Food/Other supplies (second trip, 2 weeks)
$1,200 Passports for 2 children
$1,100 Visa and Medicals for both children
$3,000 Transportation in-country/region
$800 Assorted costs for Dossier preparation (postage, copies, apostille fees, criminal history reports, international delivery service, etc). These have been paid out of pocket by us.
$29,710 Total Estimated Costs for Adopting Shawna and Lindsay
* Faciliation Fees include: Review of all dossier documents, translation of all documents submitted to SDA & courts, notarization fees, submission of dossier to Adoption Authority in country, working with adoption authority through completion of adoption, representation before all government agencies and courts in-country, in-country bureaucratic and legal fees (including expediting fees), translation of documents required for US Embassy visas, orphanage donations. Fee is $9000 for adoption of one child, $2000 for adoption of an additional child in the same orphanage. There are several people that work on the facilitation team to assist our adoption - from those behind the scenes translating our documents to representatives going before the SDA and courts with us.
