Where we are…

in the process….

APP 1-17-06 (NSN girl, AYAP)

DTC 7-14-06

LID 8-3-06

FOD 9-6-06 (FOD=find our daughter)

—waiting to receive updated reports, photos, etc.—-

APP 9-29-06 (new agency=new application)

LOI 10-11-06 (+ notarized addendum to our HS sent)

RFT 10-19-06 (RFT= request for transfer, NSN to SN, and agency to agency)

PA ??

TA ??

I made up a couple of those acronyms, by the way. Just in case anyone thinks they’re real–they’re only as real as SBird’s brain right now.

We aren’t sure what will happen next. It’s usual to get a PA (pre-approval) within a month of LOI (letter of intent)…unless you’re already DTC…which we are…sort of. If you’re already DTC, then you just go straight from LOI to TA, although it takes longer for a SN TA than it does for a NSN TA post-referral. Usually about three months…sometimes two, sometimes four. The reason it takes longer is because the travel approval process for SN is when they actually review your dossier, go through all that lovely paperwork, and decide you’re fit to parent this kid.

The reason I say we’re only “sort of” DTC now is because it will depend how quickly our dossier gets re-routed to the auspices of the new agency and then to the SN room. The good news is that the dossier doesn’t have to come back to the States. It should have gone through the translation room already, so we won’t have to wait for that. But there is not a lot of oversight when it comes to dossiers making their way around the CCAA. So, it will depend. If our dossier transitions quickly, then we will probably be considered LOI/DTC almost immediately, and then we will probably wait for approval to travel about three more months.

There are some folks on The Bee’s SWI site that are going over for their children pretty soon, however. So maybe…MAYBE…when they visit the orphanage in the next month or so, we can get updated photos or info about her.

And, I hope no one thinks this is crass, but for those folks who are curious about the money situation…we really didn’t end up spending that much money to make the switch between agencies, especially considering that we are saving the money we’d spend on renewing our I-171 and our homestudy.
Of course, all that sort of thing is moot when you find your daughter.

That’s all the bird sang.