About 2 weeks short of 2 years ago, our dossier (i.e., huge pile of paperwork proving we aren’t criminal and explaining why we want to adopt, etc.) was received by the China office for adoptions. Today, we got word that our paperwork has been reviewed and approved and has moved from the review room to the matching room. This is big news for us! Since we have joined the special needs program, it means that when we do accept a referral for our daughter, we will only wait about 3 months until we will travel to get her. If we were not through review yet, the process could take 5 months or more as long since they would have to dig through thousands of dossiers in the review room to find ours then review it and approve it before they approve our travel date. For the nonspecial needs program, it’s just nice to know that your paperwork is in the right spot.
we’re through review!
The office itself is very private and rarely lets any visitors in for pictures or interviews. But, I was able to find these pictures online of the mysterious matching room where dossiers sit waiting to be matched with a child. It’s nice to know ours is in there now too!
