This morning we received the letter from the National Visa Center (NVC) stating:
"This letter is to inform you that your petition has been forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where the adoption interview will take place."
What the heck? OK, our paperwork has now been sent to the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China! Only 2 more steps left before we go to China!!!
You can see our timeline off to the side but here is what all this means:
First CCAI (our agency) Information meeting: October, 2008
Home Study - November, 2008
Fingerprints - how many did we do? I think I did at least 6 sets of fingerprints from 2009-2010!
Log In Date (LID) - the day we got all our paperwork to China and the "wait" begins: March, 2009
Match Day - the day we get "the call" and they have our Lena for us: 7/23/10
Letter of Intent (LOI) - the day we send a letter intending to adopt Lena: 7/24/10
Provisional Approval (PA) - the day China says they "provisionally" accept us for her: 8/4/10
Letter of Acceptance (LOA) - the day the accept us for her: 8/16/10
I-800 Sent - materials sent to China matching our paperwork with Lena: 8/20/10
I-800 Approval: 9/13/10
Cabled: 9/22/10
NVC letter (National Visa Center): 9/22/10
Article 5: ???
TA (TRAVEL APPROVAL) - ????
*Generally travel about 2 weeks after you receive TA!!!! Still tracking for a November departure!!!
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