The adoption process can be very confusing for family and friends who are supporting us along the way. I totally stole this abbreviation list from the great Carrie E! Thanks Carrie!!
Process Abbreviations
Explanation of abbreviations and overall process of the flow of how our adoption will unfold:
CCAI: Our agency Chinese Children
HS: We completed our homestudy
I-800a sent: We file our I-800 with US Immigration
I-800a approval: We receive our I-800 approval from the NBC
DTC: Dossier sent by CCAI to China
LID: Dossier logged in with the China Center for Child Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA), This allows our agency to begin looking for a match for us!
LOI: We will send a Letter of Intent to the CCCWA once we are matched with a child
PA: CCCWA issues the Pre-Approval of our match
LOA: CCCWA issues a Letter of Acceptance for our adoption of the child with whom we will been matched
Cabled: National Benefits Center sends our I-800 approval to the National Visa Center, who will then cable notification of our approval to the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China.
Cable letter received: We receive a letter or an email notifying us that the US Consulate in China is in receipt of our approval
Article 5: CCAI will send our cable letter to the Consulate and they will issue the "Article 5," which basically states that the child you hope to adopt meets the Hague's definition of "orphan" and can therefore be internationally adopted.
TA: Article 5 picked up from Consulate and delivered to CCWA, who will then issue travel approval
CA: Agency will secure Consulate appointment at the US Consulate in China, then we are notified of travel dates and start making plans to high tail it on over to China!
Family day
Home!!!
Here is where we stand right now:
CCAI - 242 days since we signed with our agency
DTC - 78 days
LID - 68 days
Our agency told us that we would most likely be matched with the first child (we are hoping for two) in 1-6 months after LID. We are 68 days past LID SOOO we are moving right along.
Sample Itinerary for our trip from our agency website:
Day 1 Leave the US for Hong Kong or Beijing. (Another possible entrance airport is Guangzhou)
Day 2 Arrive in Hong Kong or Beijing. Go to your hotel. Free time.
Day 3 Guided Hong Kong or Beijing city tours are optional. (Extra touring may be available in Beijing)
Day 4 Fly from port city to the capital city of your child’s province. Welcomed by CCAI Representatives.
Day 5 Receive your child at the Provincial Registration Office or hotel. Sign the Guardianship Paperwork. CCAI’s contracted medical consultant, if available, will visit your child.
Day 6 Adoption Registration and Notarization appointment at the Provincial governmental offices.
Day 7 Wait for adoption paperwork to be completed for the next few days. Optional shopping trips to the local department store for supplies for your child.
Days 8 Optional half-day city tour of local point of interest.
Day 9 Receive registration certificate, notarized paperwork, and child’s passport. Fly from the provincial capital to Guangzhou where the US Consulate is located. Go to your hotel.
Day 10-11 TB test for children over 2 years old. Rest, shopping, and tour.
Day 12 Visa physical exam and visa photo for your child.
Day 13 CCAI Representative delivers visa packets to US Consulate Adoption Unit and the group goes to the US Consulate to take the oath.
Day 14 Receive your child’s visa.
Day 15 Leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong or Beijing, then depart for the US.
This will vary in a few ways if we are matched with two children.
Hope this helps you follow our journey!
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