Monday, September 18, 2006

This is a copy of the letter we received from our agency informing us of our LID (log-in date for our dossier) in China with the CCAA. This is the date that all families anxiously wait to receive after submitting their dossiers to China. It is the official date for the actual beginning of the long wait and journey to their child. The timeframe for completing all of the paperwork for our dossier was 6 months before it was sent to China. After arriving in China at the CCAA offices, it was sent to a "Translation Room" where it was translated. Then it went to a "Review Room" where all of the documents were carefully checked and finally, it was sent to the "Matching Room" where it has been sitting for several months waiting for the time when a match for a child can be made. For us, we started our paperwork for our dossier in January 2005. It was mailed on July 29, 2005 and officially logged in on August 24, 2005. We are still waiting, but have been informed that our wait is nearing the end and soon we will be receiving our referral for Katherine MeiLia. Posted by Picasa