All of the homestudy interviews are done. All of the paperwork is in. We reviewed our homestudy, and with a few minor corrections, approved it last Tuesday. Our SW (Social Worker) needs to get it notorized and then deliver it to us, and I'm beginning to stress.
Once I have the homestudy I can run down to Immigration, and everything will be in for the 171-H. Then I dash to the USAA in Monterey Park. USAA translates everything into Chinese and send's it to CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) in Beijing. Then we are officially "logged in" (aka LID). But I just found out the USAA ships all of their paperwork once a month to China on the 5th!. Feb 5 is right around the corner! If we don't make the cut off, then we get in March 5, which still gets us logged before the new rules, but throws us a bit behind since a slowdown usually occurs around Chinese New Year (Feb 18 for 2007). During Chinese New Year, government offices close for a week. Some folks take even more time off. Everyone leaves the cities and goes home to visit family. Also, the closer we get to April, the more frantic USAA and CCAA will become with people trying to log in before May 1. I expect they will be sitting in a tidalwave of paperwork.
If I get the homestudy by Thurdsay...and I run everywhere Friday morning...we might just make the cut off for Feb 5.
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