where are we now?

If you're wondering where we currently are in the adoption process... we are waiting. (That happens a lot in adoption.) Our I-800A form has been received by U.S. immigration and we are waiting for word from them. It didn't take this long last time but the U.S. has joined the Hague Convention and has thus changed forms and procedures as of April 30, 2008. We're among the first month's filers in the new system so everyone is learning the ropes. We're hoping they will give us our fingerprint appointment, but they may request more information if they feel we did not adequately meet the new filing requirements. After fingerprints, we can have our dossier sealed, translated and sent off to China at which point the countdown to Hai begins! At this point, the earliest we could travel is probably Thanksgiving. We hold to dates lightly though as we've found time estimates change often in international adoption.