We received an email this morning from our Travel Facilitator that the CCAA (China Center for Adoption affairs) has reviewed and approved our dossier and that they have sent out our Letter Seeking Confirmation. We are very excited and a bit surprised because we were told to expect it in two or three months.
The next step in our paperwork is for the "Hague Requirements" for inter-country approval. We now need to get updated criminal record checks for both of us and a prior contact sheet from the Ministry of Children and Family signed.
After we receive our Letter Seeking Confirmation, we sign it and send it off to the CCAA. (WHICH OF COURSE WE ARE SIGNING WITH A BIG YES!!)When CCAA receives this information we will then be given travel approval to go to China and bring Miah home! We have heard from others that travel approval usually comes about 6-8 weeks after we sign the Letter Seeking Confirmation. That would put us traveling at the end of June or early July....that's our guess anyway.
I am amazed how this is getting faster and faster! Amazing! The long wait is almost over! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletewow kim. that's awesome. soo...i wonder how crocodile dock will manage without you this year...? I guess you could possibly be back in time and Miah will get a big dose of fun upon arrival!
ReplyDeleteIt is so cool to think of you with three little girls! i bet your arms must just be burning to hold her!
This is so exciting!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful when you get the news sooner than you expected.
Bless you!
Wonderful news! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteYey! I am so happy for you all. I thought 39 days was fast! Now it's time to get the packing lists organized!
ReplyDeleteHooray!!!! Bring her home! (And how bout a wee stopover in NZ on the way?)
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