Today we decided to call the adoption agency and hopefully get an update. After all our dossier was sent to the agency on December 9 and we have not heard anything. We were informed that our "log in" date was December 25, 2009.
The next step is to recieve the LOA (letter of acceptance) from China. The average wait time for LOA is about 80 days. However, the feedback we are getting from our contacts on the internet says that people are reporting about 45 days. We suspect this is due to the up coming Chinese New Year which starts on February 14. SO, if they are trying to "clear their desks" before the holiday then maybe we will receive our LOA before Valentines Day.
Once the LOA arrives we then send the I800 to Homeland Security for another round of waiting. Once this is complete we can expect travel in 10-12 weeks.
With all of this said - it looks like the best case senario is going to be May. We will continue to pray that God will lift all roadblocks and obstacles for bringing Iris home.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI had a friend direct me to your blog. She thought possibly our girls had the same SN. It doesn't look like they do, but I thought I'd leave a note to encourage you! Your darling girl is so beautiful!! I know how hard this wait is! We adopted our Karleigh Mei a little over a year ago. She was born without a complete upper right eyelid. Because this eye wasn't protected, she got a bad infection in that eye and has lost most of her vision in that eye. But let me tell you, only being able to see out of one eye has not slowed our girl down one bit! I'm praying that your girl does have some vision in both or one of her eyes. If she has lost her vision in both eyes, I truly beleive that the Lord has a mighty plan for her--and for y'all too! Oh...and my daughter was also from Hubei! :) She was in Shiyan City SWI. Anyway...just wanted to let you know I'm lifting you all up!!
www.karleighmei.blogspot.com
Blessings,
Jenn