I800A Provisional Approval

On Saturday, March 28 we received our letter from USCIS stating we are approved to classify Elana as a relative. Next we wait for approval from the National Visa Center and then we can apply for Elana's visa. Hoping to travel in early June.

LOA Received

On March 6, 2015, we received "the call." This is when the agency calls us to say they have our LOA (Letter of Acceptance). China has given us approval to adopt Elana! Now, things will be moving fast. Next we submit the 1-800 application to Immigration and wait for the "Provisional Approval" to be issued. The case is then transfered to the US Consulate in Guangzhou and Article 5 is issued. Once the Article 5 is issued, we wait for Travel Approval (TA) from China. We are hoping to bring Elana home in the next 3-4 months.

DTC & LID!

Our Dossier has been sent to China and Logged In at the CCCWA. Our official Log In Date is January 20, 2015! Now we wait for the Dossier to be translated to Chinese. After translation, our Dossier will be reviewed and hopefully we will receive final approval. Everything is moving much faster than we had planned, but we are very excited and hope to bring Elana home soon. I have added a timeline on the right side of the blog for anyone interested in the process.

Please take a look at our Facebook auction and watch for other giveaways coming up soon.

Valentine Gift?

Want a Valentine Day Gift? Anyone who donates $5.00 to our FSP will receive a crochet heart ornament and pencil. Send me a message with your address.

http://reecesrainbow.org/85632/sponsorfahey

Auction

We are having an auction on Facebook to help raise funds for travel expenses to bring Elana home. There are a lot of items that would make great Valentine Gifts, Birthday Gifts or Mother's Day gifts. Please take a look and share with your friends.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1392169761074770.1073741827.1387398011551945&type=1&l=e0399d4e2b

New Donation Site

We now have our Family Sponsorship Program (FSP) set up with Reece's Rainbow. If anyone would like to make a tax deductible donation to Elana's fund, please use the button to the right. Continue to check back, as we will be listing items for auction.

Trying to catch up!

Since I last posted, the adoption has been moving forward. We submitted our application to an adoption agency, completed our home study, had our fingerprints done, received I800 approval and now finishing up our authentications. But, the most exciting news is submitting Letter of Intent (LOI) for a little girl in China. We received Pre-Approval October 8. She is 20 months old. We hope to submit our Dossier in January for final approval.