Moving right a long...

This past Monday the National Visa Center sent us a letter confirming our approvals have been forwarded to the Consulate. So, now we await article 5 and then travel approval. 

Next Steps:

1. Article 5: This is a document the Consulate issues to our Guangzhou staff stating that all of your immigration approvals are up to date and you are approved to adopt your child. Once issued by the Consulate, it is picked up by our staff and then sent to the CCCWA. The issuance of the Article 5 takes 2 weeks from the time your child’s visa application (DS-230) is dropped off with an additional time frame of ~1 week in mailing time back and forth from Beijing .
2. Travel Approval: Once the CCCWA has your signed LSC and the Consulate’s Article 5, they will begin working on your Travel Approval. This takes them about 3-8 weeks to send to us.
3. Departure will be 3-5 weeks from when we receive your Travel Approval.

New Pictures......

We received an update on our little one yesterday!!

They sent photos with it which was awesome.  I was disappointed they cut her hair :(  However, it will grow back.  She does look happier in these pictures which is much more important then her haircut....  Glad to see a little smile on her face..  Counting down the days to when we can pick her up!!

She is 33 inches tall and 26 pounds...  Jaelynn turned 28 months on the 9th of this month.. 

I800 approved....

We got our I800 approval today which puts us one step closer to picking up our little one.  So, now we await our NVC letter...


So, here are our next steps 

1. NVC confirmation: Once the I-800 is approved, the National Visa Center will send you a letter stating your approval has been sent to the Consulate. (This is separate from the I-800 approval notice). We send this letter to the Consulate along with your child’s visa application (DS-230). The timeframe to receive this letter is ~10 business days after the I-800 Approval arrives.
2. Once you receive your I-800 approval and the NVC letter, you will send the completed LSC Package back to Great Wall. We will process these documents and forward to our staff in China the next business day, if all requirements have been met.
3. Article 5: This is a document the Consulate issues to our Guangzhou staff stating that all of your immigration approvals are up to date and you are approved to adopt your child. Once issued by the Consulate, it is picked up by our staff and then sent to the CCCWA. The issuance of the Article 5 takes 2 weeks from the time your child’s visa application (DS-230) is dropped off with an additional time frame of ~1 week in mailing time back and forth from Beijing .
4. Travel Approval: Once the CCCWA has your signed LSC and the Consulate’s Article 5, they will begin working on your Travel Approval. This takes them about 3-8 weeks to send to us.
5. Departure will be 3-5 weeks from when we receive your Travel Approval.