I have gotten quite a few questions about what happens once we get a referral. Basically, we will get a call from our agency and they will give us some basic information about a child. We will decide whether to review her file. We then have about a week to review the information. We will use this time to have our pediatrician review the medical information, and if we feel it is necessary, an international adoption specialist pediatrician will also review the file. When we accept the referral, we:
1. Write a "Letter of Intent" aka LOI to the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA), stating that we wish to adopt her and explaining how we will address any medical issues that she has.
2. The CCAA reviews this letter, along with a preliminary look at our information and issues Pre-Approval (PA). This basically states that they accept our letter and will review our dossier, and barring any problems we will be able to adopt Lia. PA is generally issued a month or so after the letter is mailed.
3. We will then wait for our "Letter of Acceptance" (LOA) which is the CCAA's approval of the adoption. This step usually takes 2-4 months from the time that they receive our LOI.
4. More waiting. The CCAA will issue "Travel Approval" which means we can begin making our travel arrangements to travel to China.
5. Our trip to China will last 14-16 days.
So in all likelyhood we will have Lia in our arms 3-5 months after we first see her picture. :)
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