Thursday, December 27, 2007

LOA ***** Finally!!!

We finally have our Letter of Approval or as some call it, the Seeking Confirmation letter!! It is en route via overnight Fed Express to arrive here tomorrow. At that point I will check a little box to say "yes, we still want to adopt Yue Yuan Rong", sign it and send it back to our agency overnight Fed Ex. Then it will wing its way to China. We then have to wait for the "routine processing" of said letter before we can be issued our official approval to travel ..... the elusive TA. We must have our TA number before we can request a date for our Consulate Appointment (CA) and then build our trip according to the CA we are given.

How long will it take to get our TA?? Who knows! As short as 2 weeks or as long as ..... well considering what we have just endured I can't even venture a guess at that! Can we travel before our visas expire on January 18th? Only by a miracle of God - I know He is capable of that, but will leave it to His timing and ultimate Will. If we can't travel by Jan 18, we will be postponed for a month and not be able to travel until mid February ..... Chinese New Year is a big celebration in China and offices are closed for 2wks in early February this year.

Here's hoping for a quick and speedy delivery of our TA!

Mary

1 comment:

Teri said...

Yay for Jeremy and his awesome family!!!! I can hardly wait for you to travel to get your boy! Haven't posted much, but am following along, as a fan of your boy, your family and the great state of Iowa! lol

Praying for the TA miracle you want and need,

Teri
(from Iowa)