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International Adoption Expenses

Costs - Current Total = $‭38,887.14

Estimated Remaining Costs = $1,050.00

Agency Fees - Paperwork - Postage - Notarizing - Other

​2015-08-18 - Agency Consultation for Bulgaria - $60.00
2017-08-10 - Homestudy Agency Consultation - $78.75

2017-08-12 - Immigration Part 1 Application - $100.00
​2017-08-24 - Notarizing for Immigration Application - $100.00
2017-08-24 - Postage for Immigration Application - $11.34
2017-11-26 - Manitoba Child Registry Check - $20.00
2017-12-10 - Postage for Homestudy Agency Application - $12.55
2017-12-21 - Homestudy Agency Registration - $840.00
2018-01-25 - Adoption Training - $367.50
2018-01-25 - Police Clearance - $50.00
2018-01-25 - Increase in Adoption Training Fee - $52.50
2018-02-15 - Training Binder Shipping - $17.74
2018-03-09 - Postage for Homestudy Paperwork - $11.34
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2018-03-23 - Partial Homestudy Fee - $1,000.00
​2018-04-25 - Partial Homestudy Fee - $1,000.00
2018-04-26 - Postage for Homestudy Paperwork - $11.34
​2018-04-30 - Medical Clearance - $70.00
2018-05-25 - Remaining Homestudy Fee - $1,150.00
2018-06-08 - Homestudy Travel - $316.75

​Note: Expenses prior to this point were originally paid with the intention of adopting from India. Those fees would have occurred regardless of what country I was adopting from. All fees below were from after India no longer became an option and I switched to adopting from Bulgaria instead.
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2018-12-04 - Postage for Application for Adoption - $10.50
2018-12-06 - Police Clearance - $25.00
​​2018-12-14 - Coordinating Agency Registration - $621.50
2018-12-14 - Coordinating Agency Agreement Fee - $3,333.50
2018-12-14 - Bank Draft Fee - $15.00
2018-12-14 - Postage for Registration - $33.88
2019-01-08 - Homestudy Amendment Fee - $1,050.00
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2019-02-21 - Postage for Signed Homestudy - $14.53
2019-03-19 - Postage for Homestudy to Province - $25.00

2019-07-16 - Medical Clearance - $45.00
2019-08-19 - Foreign Registration Fee - $3,846.50
2019-08-19 - Certified Cheque Fee - $10.00
2019-08-19 - Legalization Fee - $977.45
2019-08-20 - Postage for Dossier Paperwork to Agency - $22.51
2020-02-13 - Proposal Fee (Coordinating Agency) - $3,333.50
2020-02-13 - Bank Draft Fee - $7.50
2020-02-13 - Postage for Proposal Fee - $22.63
2020-02-19 - Proposal Fee (Homestudy Agency) - $472.50
2020-02-21 - Flights for Trip 1 - $2037.71
2020-02-24 - Police Clearance - $25.00
2020-02-25 - Hotel and Transportation for Trip 1 - $1,357.20
2020-02-25 - Food and Misc for Trip 1 - $400.60

2020-02-25 - Foreign Proposal Fee - $ 6,005.40
2020-02-25 - Bank Draft Fee - $7.50
2020-02-25 - Legalization Fee - $587.60
2020-02-25 - Postage for Foreign Proposal Fee - $38.19
2020-05-12 - Declaration Notarization - $50.00
2020-05-27 - Declaration Notarization - $50.00

2020-05-27 - Postage for Declarations - $22.63
2020-05-28 - Legalization of Declaration - $368.98

2020-08-10 - Foreign Court Fee - $3,281.00
​2020-08-10 - 
Post Reports (Coordinating Agency) - $1,130.00
2020-08-26 - Flights for Trip 2 - $
2,338.61
2020-08-26 - Hotel for Trip 2 - $670.72

2020-08-31 - Food and Transportation for Trip 2 - $829.69
2020-09-16 - Facilitation Visa Application - $100.00
2020-11-23 - Post Report (Homestudy Agency) - $350.00
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​Post Report Fee - $1,050.00
Post- Placement Reports (Homestudy Agency) - $1,050.00
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