Where in the world is our Dossier?

This is where we are in the process of adoption. This may answer some questions as to "Why such a long wait?". We are learning as we go and trust me there is lots to learn!! :)

FROM CHILDREN'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL:
While it is not practical to ask the CCAA to notify an agency of where a certain dossier or set of dossiers is located in their process, theCHI Beijing office was able to provide me with the CURRENT schedulefor your dossier at the CCAA. (3/2006) 1. CHI Beijing office takes your dossier to the CCAA.2. Your dossier enters the CCAA administration office and can waitfor up to 1 month to be logged in. Once you have a log in date (LID)your official wait begins.*** Our LID is 3/7/06.*** 3. Your dossier waits to begin the process. This currently takes 3 to 4 months. 4. The CCAA administration office passes your dossiers to Bridge of Love where they verify your dossier's translation. This process takes from 2 to 3 months. 5. Your dossier is passed to Department I for review. This process takes from 1 to 2 months.6. Your dossier is passed to Department II for matching. ***matching means they find our little Lauren amongst hundreds of babies and say, "yep, that's Dan and Mardi's little girl!" This too can take from 3 to 4 months. Your dossier is matched several weeks before step #7.7. Your referral is sent to the administrative office to be signedby all the CCAA directors and mailed to CHI. This can take severalweeks.8. You receive your referral - a very happy day! The referral is Lauren's picture and medical information. You return your acceptance of referral letter to the CCAA. 9. The CCAA sends your travel approval to come to China to complete your adoption. This process takes about 1 month. 10. You travel to China to meet your child and complete the adoption.This is approximately 6-8 weeks after referral. The current wait from LID to referral is 10 to 12 months as of 4/2006.