THE ASSISTANT STORK
Your Document and Visa Specialist

DOSSIER PREPARATION SERVICES

The Assistant Stork is an Adoptive-Mommy & Daddy owned and operated adoption courier and paperwork facilitation service. We started our adoption journey in October of 1995, and we realize how complicated and nerve-racking the dossier preparation process can be. With so many different terms and rules for the authentication process, it's easy to get frustrated. We started this service in March 1996 to help other parents get through the dossier authentication process as painlessly as possible.

We will work with you & your International Adoption Agency to be sure that your dossier meets all the requirements necessary for your adoption country and your agency. We will coach you through the process of obtaining your Vital Records and the preparation of all the required documents. We will obtain County Seals (were applicable), State Seals, Federal Seals and Embassy Seals. We will make all copies for your agency and a copy for you. When we are finished with your dossier, it will be ready for your agency to translate and send to your adoption country.

Fee Schedule:
Completion of entire dossier that requires contact with 1 or 2 states:
$400.00 for two parent families
$350.00 for single parent families
each additional state: $ 50.00
Does not include government or embassy/consulate fees, delivery/courier service fees, traveling notary service fees, and/or duplication/collation costs.

Please note:
An additional $100 will be charged for any adoptive parents living overseas while compiling the dossier, due to the complications involved. An additional $100 will be charged for any family that changes agencies or countries of adoption during the dossier process.

Please send your notarized documents and Vital Records to:

Laura Morrison
The Assistant Stork
2144 Aquia Drive
Stafford, VA 22554
540-659-6845

Please send:

1) Our fee, a personal check is fine, to "The Assistant Stork."

2) A note with your phone numbers & email address, and the name, phone number, & email address of your Adoption Agency contact, so we can coordinate all the pieces of your dossier. Also include information about any deadlines you may have from your agency. We will do our best to convince the Secretaries of State to turn your documents around as quickly as possible, to beat your deadline.

When we receive your documents, we will:

1) Look over your entire dossier for any notary problems or possible errors

2) Let you know all fees that will be involved for your dossier (Notary fees, State fees, Federal fees, Embassy fees, courier fees, photocopying fees, etc).

3) Provide you the tracking numbers of each section of your dossier, as they go off to obtain their State Seals. We will also provide you with the return tracking numbers, so you will always know where your documents are at every step of the process.

4) As each step is complete, we will email you an update, so you will always know where you are in the process.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us, or give us a call.