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We've been waiting for 4 weeks for news of Travel Approval from China and it finally came! I'm not really sure why we need this extra approval. Afterall, we got our Visas and isn't that approval from China? It has something to do with the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs confirming that everything is good to go for our little girl -- but again -- shouldn't that have been part of the matching process? I don't understand it, I just know we needed it!
Meanwhile, we are waiting on our immigration paperwork to be corrected. We did hear from the Raleigh office of USCIS that they sent it out TODAY. Thankfully, none of that "mess" has kept our adoption agency from requesting a consulate appointment for us which is the next step in the process. Of course, we don't exactly know what the consulate will say when they look at our invalid immigration paperwork but our adoption agency is telling us they will most likely just need for us to sign a waiver that all will be in order when we are present at the appointment. If I can at least have the approval in my hot little hands I will feel better!
As soon as CCAI receives a consulate appointment for us they will give us firm travel dates and give us the green light to purchase tickets. Right now they are saying it's going to be Sept 3 - 18 which is just music to our ears! Our hearts are skipping beats, I'm nesting big-time, and we're whirling around getting everything done in order for our trip to go smoothly AND for the time at home with the kids to go smoothly with their Mom Mom. That means meals to make, lunches to prepare, schedules to coordinate, carpools to arrange, and packing to be done! Not to mention getting the house ready for Grace with stations set up with baby toys, diapers, and wipes and being sure to have some formula on hand. So much to do but quite frankly, we would leave today if we could! We are eager to scoop her up in our arms, tell her we love her, and begin our new life with our baby Grace!
Sharon
Meanwhile, we are waiting on our immigration paperwork to be corrected. We did hear from the Raleigh office of USCIS that they sent it out TODAY. Thankfully, none of that "mess" has kept our adoption agency from requesting a consulate appointment for us which is the next step in the process. Of course, we don't exactly know what the consulate will say when they look at our invalid immigration paperwork but our adoption agency is telling us they will most likely just need for us to sign a waiver that all will be in order when we are present at the appointment. If I can at least have the approval in my hot little hands I will feel better!
As soon as CCAI receives a consulate appointment for us they will give us firm travel dates and give us the green light to purchase tickets. Right now they are saying it's going to be Sept 3 - 18 which is just music to our ears! Our hearts are skipping beats, I'm nesting big-time, and we're whirling around getting everything done in order for our trip to go smoothly AND for the time at home with the kids to go smoothly with their Mom Mom. That means meals to make, lunches to prepare, schedules to coordinate, carpools to arrange, and packing to be done! Not to mention getting the house ready for Grace with stations set up with baby toys, diapers, and wipes and being sure to have some formula on hand. So much to do but quite frankly, we would leave today if we could! We are eager to scoop her up in our arms, tell her we love her, and begin our new life with our baby Grace!
Sharon
