News arrived via email from the CCAI representatives in China while we are away in Paris on vacation: our Log In Date (LID) is 3/12/08. This is the date from which our countdown begins. Time to settle down and wait. We plan on filling out the release form with our agency to get in contact [...]

Our dossier flew through the critical review process on 3/4, and moved to translation on 3/5 when our photos arrived at CCAI. I received word this morning that our dossier was sent to China on 3/7. The very next email I received was from one of CCAI’s representatives in China, stating that our dossier was hand-delivered to [...]

On 2/22, I received word from CCAI that they had received our authenticated documents from the Chinese Consulate. All they need is the remaining family life photos and three 2×2 passport photographs of the both of us. After that, we move to critical review of the dossier and our DTC (dossier to China) date, marking [...]