Journey to Our Daughter Anna: I-800A is on its way!!!

Introducing our daughter......

Name: Sun Huai Ping (孙怀平), now Anna M. D.
Birthday: 02/01/2006 (2006年2月1日)
Located: Hangzhou Children's Welfare Institute (浙江省杭州儿童福利院)
http://journeytomyanna.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-got-daughter_5054.html

Timeline
05/05/2008: Applied with Adoption Agency #1
08/25/2008: Switched to Adoption Agency #2
09/17/2008: Referral! - Connected with little Anna
09/18/2008: LOI; 09/23/2008: PA; 10/23/2008: I-800A approved;
10/31/2008: DTC; 11/07/2008: LID!!!
02/09/2009: LOA!!!!!; 03/16/2009: TA ;
03/23/2009: Gotcha Day; 04/01/2009: CA; 04/03/2009: Home

China Adoption Acronyms:
LID - Log in Date; DTC - Dossier to China
SN - special needs; NSN - non special needs
LOI - Letter of Intent (used in the SN process)
LOA - Letter of Acceptance, the document that allows you to officially accept a referral;
TA - Travel Approval; CA -Consulate Appointment

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

I-800A is on its way!!!

Today we were finally able to walk in and submitted our I-800A and home study report to USCIS in downtown San Diego. Now we keep our fingers, and toes, crossed that USCIS will not reject the application and the home study. Our adoption agency was very careful about trying to make sure the home study meets all the new requirements, and our social worker was very good and quick about making all the necessary changes. Hopefully, this is it. Next, we wait for a fingerprint appointment. We don’t know how long it is going to take to get the fingerprint appointment and eventually 171-H, since the officer hasn’t got any feedback due to very few applications filed since April 1, 2008. I hope there will be no problems and they'll get ours done soon!