Steps Along the Way

Here are the steps we have completed so far for our adoption from China:

• Completed our adoption agency's formal application packet.
• Completed our home study with a social worker.
• Received I-800A approval from U.S.C.I.S. (Immigration).
• Completed and authenticated our dossier (paper work) for China CCCWA.
• Sent our completed dossier to China CCCWA (this is known as Dossier to China or DTC) 2/19/13.
• Our dossier is received and logged into to the CCCWA system (this is known as Log In Date or LID) 3/18/13.

Here is a general summary of the steps for China adoption.