* we are home. july 31st...bella came home.
* our consulate appointment in china is set for the 28th.
* gotcha day - monday july 19th. can't even imagine.
* booked our tickets for china - we leave july 16th
* June 30th - our travel approval (TA) came today - hooray!
* our consulate appointment in china is set for the 28th.
* gotcha day - monday july 19th. can't even imagine.
* booked our tickets for china - we leave july 16th
* June 30th - our travel approval (TA) came today - hooray!
* now that we have our LOA, we wait for our TA (travel approval)...should be receiving it sometime end of June/early July. then we GO!
* April 20th - we applied for bella's visa....had to formally name her on this document. bella grace xue mcnatt - love that!
* April 19th - we received our LOA - one month earlier than expected. truly incredible.
* our dossier was logged into China on March 17th. now we wait for our LOA (letter of approval) from China.
* we are getting close...the dossier is just about ready to head to china...our agent said within another week or so...
(february 10th)
* our county and state authentication is approved...the dossier is now on its way to washington d.c. where it will be reviewed at the country level...then on to the chinese embassy.
* we have received immigration approval...waiting for all the steps of authentication
* we received a copy of our approved home study report last night...november12th. we had anticipated this much sooner...like late september...but...finally, here we are. rick and i will review it and fed ex it along with our application to CIS - immigration. this next step is a 6-8 week wait.
* just this past week we went to birmingham for our last home study appointment.
* we turned in all of our home study documents - all 5000 of them!
* we are waiting on the home study review
* once reviewed we will submit it with an application to CIS
(citizen and immigration services)
* we begin our homestudy in august, 2009.
* there are a million details and a thousand forms.
* it has been whirlwind of paperwork...attempting to get pre-approval.
* we have started the process of adoption. can't believe it. july 16th we announced this to our friends and family in a letter.
* july 7th - we opened the file of a girl named zhang, xue zhu. we fell in love.
* April 19th - we received our LOA - one month earlier than expected. truly incredible.
* our dossier was logged into China on March 17th. now we wait for our LOA (letter of approval) from China.
* we are getting close...the dossier is just about ready to head to china...our agent said within another week or so...
(february 10th)
* our county and state authentication is approved...the dossier is now on its way to washington d.c. where it will be reviewed at the country level...then on to the chinese embassy.
* we have received immigration approval...waiting for all the steps of authentication
* we received a copy of our approved home study report last night...november12th. we had anticipated this much sooner...like late september...but...finally, here we are. rick and i will review it and fed ex it along with our application to CIS - immigration. this next step is a 6-8 week wait.
* just this past week we went to birmingham for our last home study appointment.
* we turned in all of our home study documents - all 5000 of them!
* we are waiting on the home study review
* once reviewed we will submit it with an application to CIS
(citizen and immigration services)
* we begin our homestudy in august, 2009.
* there are a million details and a thousand forms.
* it has been whirlwind of paperwork...attempting to get pre-approval.
* we have started the process of adoption. can't believe it. july 16th we announced this to our friends and family in a letter.
* july 7th - we opened the file of a girl named zhang, xue zhu. we fell in love.
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