"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." Ancient Chinese Belief
"To those who wait, time opens every door." Chinese Proverb
While we are waiting for our dossier to get "Logged In" in China we have decided to refile our gender preference to either, rather than girl only. We are really excited about this and look forward to getting the call for referal just like waiting for Cailtin's birth. The nurses swore her heart rate indicated she would be a boy! I know we will be overjoyed with either gender, and feel like now it is in God hands- phew! What a load off my mind. Well and of course in the hands of CCAI-who will do the choosing for us...
Our Dossier arrived in China Monday the 26th of November. Now we are waiting for the CCAA to give us a log in date. If we were only in the traditional non special needs program the log in date is the date from which your true wait for referal begins. Our Medical Conditions Checklist symbolizes our Log In Date for the Waiting Child Program. We are also very seriously considering changing our preference to either a girl or boy. If we do so we are far mre likely to get a boy than a girl. We are really excited about this change and Caitlin is steadfast in her desire for a brother. I think she just wants to retain her Princess standard of living!Pray for us as we make this decision.
CONGRATULATIONS, Pat & Kim,
Here’s the news you’ve long been waiting for—your dossier was sent to China today (11/21/2007)!
Here’s what to expect for the next month:
The CCAA will receive your dossier in approximately 3-5 days. Our China Department will contact you by email once your dossier has been received by our representatives in China and hand-delivered to the CCAA.
The CCAA usually logs in dossiers within 4 weeks of their receipt. This Log-In Date is called your LID, the date that you may “count down” to your referral. As the CCAA is the ultimate authority in logging in your dossier, we are unable to estimate your LID. The CCAA should notify us of your LID within the next 8 weeks. We will e-mail you as soon as we have confirmation of your LID and will then give you instructions on how to download your LID Packet.
Our dossier made it to Colorado today. Here is the info we got back from them...
Your dossier will now go through the following steps:
Check-in: Your dossier package is checked to ensure all necessary dossier items are present. If your package is missing any item(s), we will let you know. If all dossier items are present, we will begin the review of your dossier! Please do not be alarmed if your fees are not checked-in immediately; they are handed to the Accounting Department and are processed on a different timeline than the rest of your dossier.
Critical Review and Translation: Your dossier will be here for 9-11 business days if it is complete and problem-free. During the critical review process, your dossier is looked through another 3 full times for any mistakes or errors. This review includes a careful inspection of the document in terms of content and format, possible translation problems, and dates. A thorough check of the notarization, certification, and authentication pages are also made at this time just to make sure all is in perfect order. We will notify you once this step is complete.
Once your dossier is complete and the critical review is finished, a summary translation of your dossier is completed, making sure the most important information is easy to locate when your dossier is received by the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) in China. This also helps decrease the chance this important information is mis-interpreted during the full translation of your dossier in China.
Binding: Your dossier is bound together in a very professional red folder, with photos being mounted and documents carefully lined up and ordered according to the CCAA’s preference.
Mailing: Lastly, your dossier will be carefully packaged and sent to China via international express mail!
...unless you really know about web design. I tried to download a seasonal and totally cute template for Fall. Even though I did the save process recommended, when it converted to the new design I lost everything except my postings. My adoption timeline is gone- and guess what, it was't written anywhere else with that much detail. I'll never be able to re create it. Beware-don't try to be too fancy! I could throw up I'm still so upset.
We sent our dossier in to CCAI today. What sweet relief. Four months of work and its somewhere in post office land enroute to Colorado. CCAI will partially translate our documents and send them off to China. CCAI also got a new list of children for their special needs program. They average about 30 children per list and a new list every three months. We are well into the 100's as far as "seniority" so our wait will be long regardless of whether we receive a special needs or traditional program referral.
Our last document, the I 171H arrived last night in the mail from the Chicago Consulate. I will photo copy it today and then our dossier is done. So much for getting it done over summer vacation. What a process. I am amazed by the people who go through this time and again for multiple adoptions. We forgot to mention earlier that we have filed our Medical Conditions Checklist as well. Basically that means we are willing to adopt a child who may have some minor disabilities which are considered pretty debilatating over in China still. We are praying for a referal from the special needs process sometime next summer. Our agency is waiting on their next list and we are far down the food chain so our wait will be long never the less.
Well our I 171h was sent out on the 18th and promptly returned because I didn't include everything it needed. We re sent the document and are not so patiently waiting for its return so we can finalize our dossier. It was sent out for the 2nd time on the 24th so it has been 9 days and counting.
