Then back to Lexington and A Helping Hand - we met with Dana to discuss what we need to send and where. The documents have to go on to the Chinese Embassy. I thought they would all go to the same one and that is one reason we waited to send them all at once. You use a courier service to take the documents to the Embassy and in our case they go to Washington and also on to the Secretary of State office there. Other states send to different locations - the courier charges a set amount for the documents - $135. Well it seems that since Dave's Birth Certificate is from Wisconsin - this document must go to Chicago Consulate. Bummer! An additional courier fee.
A Helping Hand mails out correspondence to China once a week on Friday's - so if everything were to have gone as planned our Dossier would have been sent to China on 6/27 - BUT the document from Chicago did not get back as expected?!
We REALLY HOPE our Dossier will be able to be sent out on Thursday - 7/3 - it is a Thursday this week cause of the 4th of July holiday falling on Friday.
After we are DTC (Dossier To China) we will wait to receive our Logged In Date or LID. This is the date that begins our official wait. :)
The dates - subject to change at any given second - most recently families have been waiting and average of 60-70 days for their Letter Of Acceptance. From my understanding this is the document!! This will mean we have officially been approved for his adoption. With the Olympics thrown in there in the middle - who knows what type of backlog that could possibly create. Families that received their LOA's (Letters Of Acceptance) back on 5/1 -- will be traveling on July 17th and the travel dates are being squeezed in prior to the Olympics.
So - right now we will just concentrate on our DTC date. :)
Praying that Aric is safe, healthy, and loved.
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