Dossier complete

Our dossier is complete, all documents are in. This week, Lily from China (she is the in-china agency rep that found Holly) is in the US and will be taking our dossier with her back home. She will hand deliver it to the CCAA herself. This is very unusual, as dossier's are normally mailed by the agency, but, Lily has taken a personal interest in Holly's case. It makes me feel better to know it won't run the risk of being lost in the mail.

As soon as it is delivered, CCAA will look it over, and log it in officially to be reviewed. That will be our official Log In Date (LID). We start counting from LID to letter of approval (LOA). Once we get that, we finish the process with US immigration by sending the form I800 to have a Visa prepared for Holly. Immigration sends the US consulate in Guangzhou, China notification of our case and that we will be traveling to China to adopt this child. The consulate forwards, through our agency rep, probably Lily again, that notification, and Lily includes our LOA, to the CCAA so they can issue a Travel Approval (TA) letter allowing us to make our consulate appointment and travel arrangements. So, literally, we have just three more steps before we can travel, LOA, I800, and TA.