Subject: RE: Great News!! CCAA has matched 5 more calendar days worth of
dossiers
Good Morning! CCAA just posted on their web site over the weekend and
they
have now matched dossiers with log in dates through April 26th, 2006.
This is 5
calendar days, and 3 business days worth of dossiers.
The dossier review date remains 4/30/09.
In terms of Susan's excellent question about the reasons for the slow
down in
Chinese adoptions. We have not received a definitive answer on that
question.
There has certainly been some growth in domestic adoption within China,
and Li
feels that this is definitely part of the slow down. There are also more
Chinese parents who have sufficient discretionary income to pay the
penalties
which allows them to have more than one child.
Finally, the implementation of the Hague treaty, has resulted in more
stringent adoption policies and procedures. The Chinese government has
been
more scrupulous about making sure that children who come into the
orphanage
system truly meet the definition of an orphan, and they cracked down on
some
corrupt orphanage officials in Hunan province a number of years ago.
Some
prognosticators speculate that new more rigorous implementation of the
rules has
caused the slow down.
The good news for those of you who are waiting longer or who have opted
to adopt
special needs children, is there are greater safeguards in place, and
there is
more assurance that proper procedures were followed.
All that being said, I can't say for certain why there has been a slow
down in
the rate of referrals either.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
JUNE CHINA PROGRAM UPDATE
Dear China Families:
Below is the most recent update which was just posted to the China Yahoo
group this afternoon. There continues to be lots of positive news to
report with China. The waiting child program remains a particular
bright spot. I hope you all get an opportunity to relax and take a few
days off with your loved ones this summer. As always do not hesitate
to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. That is what I am
here for. Amy
Matches, Referrals and Travel
May was a great month for the China program. Becki successfully matched
two more WH families with waiting children from the Shared List this
month, and as I reported in my last post, the next WH dossier group with
a log in date of 4/19/2006 FINALLY received referrals of beautiful
healthy litte girls after 49 months of waiting! We have already returned
the signed letters of confirmation to China for this dossier group, and
anticipate receiving travel approvals in the next three weeks.
Altogether we have 8 families matched with children who should have
placement over the next several months. Six of the eight families were
matched with waiting children through the shared list, and two families
just received healthy child referrals through the regular process. Two
of these eight families have already received their travel approvals,
have their confirmed visa appointment at the US Consulate, have
purchased their airline tickets, and will arrive in Beijing on June
18th, 2010 and will return to the US with their children at the very
beginning of July. Four of the eight families have received their
letters of confirmation from CCAA and are awaiting their final travel
approvals. And the final two families who were just matched with waiting
children from the shared list this month, and are still waiting for
their letters of confirmation from CCAA. Three of the eight families who
have been matched with children are Hague cases and five families are
grandfathered i-600 cases.
Welcome House may have as many as six placements from China in the month
of July. It all depends upon when the travel approvals arrive at our
offices and when we are able to confirm the final itineraries. The total
number of placements from China fiscal year to date is 14 and the total
number of placements calendar year to date is 5, but the number of
placements this calendar year will go up significantly after July.
Processing Time in Hague vs. Non-Hage cases
A quick word about the anticipated wait between a family returning their
match acceptance paperwork including their signed letter of confirmation
and receiving their travel approvals. Non-Hague families generally
travel to China within 6 to 8 weeks of signing and returning their match
paperwork. There are just more steps involved in a Hague case, both in
the United States and in China. I am very pleased to report that we have
gotten our second I-800 approval from US CIS for one of our China
families, and it is now just a matter of time before our second Hague
family gets their travel approval, YEAH!! (There are a few more hoops to
jump through, the National Visa Center (NVC) has to send its approval
letter yet and our courier in Guangzhou can't get the letter of
confirmation signed by US Consulate staff or get the article 5 letter
issued until the NVC letter arrives. But these are the final steps in
the process before, CCAA issues the Travel approval... so we are almost
there. Non-Hague families, I know you have had a terribly long wait, but
the end of your adoption journey is simpler, so that is a bit of a
silver lining.
In general Hague cases are currently taking from 3 to 6 months from the
family signing the letter of confirmation to travel to China. Our first
two Hague cases took/will take around 4 months from the family signing
their letter of confirmation to travel. Hopefully, we will be able to
whittle this down closer to 3 months, as Li and I gain full mastery over
the details of processing a Hague case. However, even when we are fully
proficient, Hague cases still involve more paperwork steps. They just
take a little longer to process. If you are a Hague case, Be patient...
Li and I will keep working until we get you on that plane and get your
child in your arms. I am very stubborn. I keep telling my husband this
is a positive attribute. Both of the brand new families who were just
matched with waiting children are Hague cases, and their letters of
confirmation have not arrived at our offices yet, so the families who
were JUST matched will probably not travel until September or October,
but still that is not too bad.
We received 3 applications for the China Program in the month of May.
The total number of applications FYTD is 16, and the total number of
applications CYTD to 9. I am very pleased to announce that home studies
for five brand new China families were approved in the last month and
they are now working diligently on their dossiers. We will be sending
additional dossiers to China shortly. We sent 0 dossiers to China in
May. We have sent 4 dossiers FYTD and 2 dossiers CYTD.
As of June 4, 2010 CCAA has matched children up through 4/21/2006 and
they have reviewed dossiers submitted through 4/30/2009. Our next
dossier group to be matched with healthy children have a log in date of
5/19/2006, so that will probably take some time, but it should be within
the next year. Lets HOPE that CCAA keeps with the recent trend of
matching 4 to 6 business days at a pop!
Finally, I wanted to remind everyone about the upcoming China picnic on
June 27th, 2010. I have cut and pasted from the most recent flyer below:
Birth Culture Awareness Event
Please join us for the China & Nepal Birth Culture Awareness Event,
Sunday, June 27th, from 12 to 3 p.m., on the grounds of Pearl S. Buck
International. This annual event is a fun time for adoptive and
pre-adoptive families to reunite with old friends, make new
connections, and learn more about the culture of China & Nepal.
Register now online by June 23 at: www.psbi.org/birthcultureevents
Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for children
Please bring: Your own picnic lunch and lawn chairs/blankets. Note: we
will be outside if the weather permits. If not, we
will be inside the Cultural Center. PSBI will provide beverages and
ethnic dessert treats.
Fun activities: Families will enjoy live music, dancing and other
performance art from China. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger by making a
folk craft and have an adventure on a Chinese Dinosaur Dig - both
presented by Chinese for Families. Dr.Tulsi Marharjan of Friends of
Nepal, New Jersey will teach us some Nepali phrases, cultural do's and
don'ts, and display clothing from Nepal. Plus you
can play traditional Chinese games to play like Catch the Dragon and
Hawk Catching the Young Chicks
Below is the most recent update which was just posted to the China Yahoo
group this afternoon. There continues to be lots of positive news to
report with China. The waiting child program remains a particular
bright spot. I hope you all get an opportunity to relax and take a few
days off with your loved ones this summer. As always do not hesitate
to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. That is what I am
here for. Amy
Matches, Referrals and Travel
May was a great month for the China program. Becki successfully matched
two more WH families with waiting children from the Shared List this
month, and as I reported in my last post, the next WH dossier group with
a log in date of 4/19/2006 FINALLY received referrals of beautiful
healthy litte girls after 49 months of waiting! We have already returned
the signed letters of confirmation to China for this dossier group, and
anticipate receiving travel approvals in the next three weeks.
Altogether we have 8 families matched with children who should have
placement over the next several months. Six of the eight families were
matched with waiting children through the shared list, and two families
just received healthy child referrals through the regular process. Two
of these eight families have already received their travel approvals,
have their confirmed visa appointment at the US Consulate, have
purchased their airline tickets, and will arrive in Beijing on June
18th, 2010 and will return to the US with their children at the very
beginning of July. Four of the eight families have received their
letters of confirmation from CCAA and are awaiting their final travel
approvals. And the final two families who were just matched with waiting
children from the shared list this month, and are still waiting for
their letters of confirmation from CCAA. Three of the eight families who
have been matched with children are Hague cases and five families are
grandfathered i-600 cases.
Welcome House may have as many as six placements from China in the month
of July. It all depends upon when the travel approvals arrive at our
offices and when we are able to confirm the final itineraries. The total
number of placements from China fiscal year to date is 14 and the total
number of placements calendar year to date is 5, but the number of
placements this calendar year will go up significantly after July.
Processing Time in Hague vs. Non-Hage cases
A quick word about the anticipated wait between a family returning their
match acceptance paperwork including their signed letter of confirmation
and receiving their travel approvals. Non-Hague families generally
travel to China within 6 to 8 weeks of signing and returning their match
paperwork. There are just more steps involved in a Hague case, both in
the United States and in China. I am very pleased to report that we have
gotten our second I-800 approval from US CIS for one of our China
families, and it is now just a matter of time before our second Hague
family gets their travel approval, YEAH!! (There are a few more hoops to
jump through, the National Visa Center (NVC) has to send its approval
letter yet and our courier in Guangzhou can't get the letter of
confirmation signed by US Consulate staff or get the article 5 letter
issued until the NVC letter arrives. But these are the final steps in
the process before, CCAA issues the Travel approval... so we are almost
there. Non-Hague families, I know you have had a terribly long wait, but
the end of your adoption journey is simpler, so that is a bit of a
silver lining.
In general Hague cases are currently taking from 3 to 6 months from the
family signing the letter of confirmation to travel to China. Our first
two Hague cases took/will take around 4 months from the family signing
their letter of confirmation to travel. Hopefully, we will be able to
whittle this down closer to 3 months, as Li and I gain full mastery over
the details of processing a Hague case. However, even when we are fully
proficient, Hague cases still involve more paperwork steps. They just
take a little longer to process. If you are a Hague case, Be patient...
Li and I will keep working until we get you on that plane and get your
child in your arms. I am very stubborn. I keep telling my husband this
is a positive attribute. Both of the brand new families who were just
matched with waiting children are Hague cases, and their letters of
confirmation have not arrived at our offices yet, so the families who
were JUST matched will probably not travel until September or October,
but still that is not too bad.
We received 3 applications for the China Program in the month of May.
The total number of applications FYTD is 16, and the total number of
applications CYTD to 9. I am very pleased to announce that home studies
for five brand new China families were approved in the last month and
they are now working diligently on their dossiers. We will be sending
additional dossiers to China shortly. We sent 0 dossiers to China in
May. We have sent 4 dossiers FYTD and 2 dossiers CYTD.
As of June 4, 2010 CCAA has matched children up through 4/21/2006 and
they have reviewed dossiers submitted through 4/30/2009. Our next
dossier group to be matched with healthy children have a log in date of
5/19/2006, so that will probably take some time, but it should be within
the next year. Lets HOPE that CCAA keeps with the recent trend of
matching 4 to 6 business days at a pop!
Finally, I wanted to remind everyone about the upcoming China picnic on
June 27th, 2010. I have cut and pasted from the most recent flyer below:
Birth Culture Awareness Event
Please join us for the China & Nepal Birth Culture Awareness Event,
Sunday, June 27th, from 12 to 3 p.m., on the grounds of Pearl S. Buck
International. This annual event is a fun time for adoptive and
pre-adoptive families to reunite with old friends, make new
connections, and learn more about the culture of China & Nepal.
Register now online by June 23 at: www.psbi.org/birthcultureevents
Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for children
Please bring: Your own picnic lunch and lawn chairs/blankets. Note: we
will be outside if the weather permits. If not, we
will be inside the Cultural Center. PSBI will provide beverages and
ethnic dessert treats.
Fun activities: Families will enjoy live music, dancing and other
performance art from China. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger by making a
folk craft and have an adventure on a Chinese Dinosaur Dig - both
presented by Chinese for Families. Dr.Tulsi Marharjan of Friends of
Nepal, New Jersey will teach us some Nepali phrases, cultural do's and
don'ts, and display clothing from Nepal. Plus you
can play traditional Chinese games to play like Catch the Dragon and
Hawk Catching the Young Chicks
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