When I was a teenager I had a dream that changed my life. I would never be the same. I shared about it in my very first blog entry HERE . If you have not read it, please take the time and read where our story began .
Peter's Adoption Timeline
Home Study update visit 06/05/13
Saw his sweet face 06/18/13
LOI 07/04/13
PA 07/16/13
Home Study to BAAS 07/01/13
Home Study Approval 07/09/13
I 800A Approval 09/30/13
DTC
LID
LOA
I800
Selah's Adoption Timeline
After waiting what seemed like forever to turn the magical 29 1/2 to start the paper chase part of the process (China requires you to be 30 when your dossier is logged in or matched). This is where we are now at on our time adoption timeline:
Home Study Application 04/06/11
Home Study Visit #1 05/18/11
Home Study Visit #2 06/10/11
Home Study to BAAS 07/01/11
Home Study Approval 07/19/11
1800A Approval 09/13/11
Saw her sweet face 09/15/11
Matched 09/16/11
LOI 10/14/11
PA 10/27/11
DTXQ 11/18/11
DTC 11/25/11
LID 12/02/11
LOA 02/10/12
I800 02/29/12
Cable 03/08/12
Article 5 drop off 03/09/12
Article 5 pick up 03/23/12
TA 03/30/12
Gotcha 04/16/12
~ Adoption lingo ~
I800A - Application to U.S. Immigration asking permission to bring a foreign born orphan into the country.
DTXQ- Dossier to Xiaoqing our agency China coordinator.
DTC - This is the date that our dossier is actually sent to China by our adoption agency.
Dossier- The compilation of official documents about the prospective adoption family. This includes birth & marriage certificates, medical exams, police back ground checks, employment letters, tax returns. All items in the dossier have to be notarized, certified by the secretary of state you live in, certified by the US secretary of state and authenticated by the Chinese embassy.
LID - This is a Log In Date or the date that the CCAA receives our dossier and logs it into their system.
LOI - This is the Letter of Intent that we will send to China asking them to give us approval to move forward with Selah's adoption.
PA - This is the letter from the China Center of Adoption Affairs giving us Pre Approval to move forward with the adoption!
LOA - This is the Letter of Approval that will come from the China Center of Adoption Affairs approving our dossier and our adoption of Selah!
TA - This is the Travel Authorization document that comes from the CCAA inviting us to come to China to adopt Selah!
CCCWA - This is the China Center of Adoption Affairs in Beijing. They are the government agency in China that processes ALL Chinese adoptions.
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
