Guangdong Province minimum stay
Families who receive a referral from Guangdong Province will now have to apply for their child’s adoption certificate, wait five days to receive it, then apply for the child’s passport, and wait five days to receive it. Before this you applied for both at the same time and received both five days later.
The first things I saw regarding this was a five day wait for each. However, I’m now seeing some things that say there will be a five business day wait for each.
I am unclear on whether the consulate paperwork can begin after you have your child’s adoption certificate, or whether you must wait for the child’s passport to begin that phase.
Agencies were apparently only notified of this in the past week, and it takes effect August 1st.
I’m told that this has been done because some agencies were timing things so that parents were spending only 8 or 9 days in the country, and the CCAA wants parents there for at least two weeks.
July 13th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
More news. My agency did verify that in fact the CCAA is presently moving. They had been gradually shifting over to new office but right now the are doing the big part of the move, This could delay referrals a bit and possibly when they do come out they may not have accplished as many as we all hope. No one coulfd be more dissappointed as we are LID 7-26. Praying now all dossier make it safely to new office. Agency also confirms there will be a new required lenhth of stay for Guangdong Prov. although they felt wording is ambiguous as to the exact new system and timeframe requirments.
July 13th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Say what? Yes we stayed only 9 days with our first from GZ. Why is it so important that we stay 2 weeks? I’m confused!
July 13th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
It’s important because that is the way the CCAA intends for it to work. They want families to spend enough time in China to get a feel for the country, to learn about the country, so they can teach their children about the country they were born in.
They’ve always said a two week stay, but some agencies discovered a way around that for families adopting from this province, and now the CCAA is fixing it so that agencies can’t do that anymore.
July 13th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Ah, and think of how much more money we will spend in China ( hotels, restaurants, goods etc.) if we all have to add a week to our stays. I am wondering if this plays a part as well.
Sorry, I am feeling cynical today!
July 13th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
It seems like my agency doesn’t get too many referrals from Guandong and our trips are usually right at 2 weeks, 13-15 days is what I’ve usually seen.
July 13th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
I am a novice with the tracking RQ does, but is there an overwhelming majority from Guandong?
July 13th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
my referral is from guandong—-this news really sucks…..my friend said she had the baby only 1 day when they had the adoption…she was very put off by that because she thought part of the reason you are there so long is to see if the baby is ok, a good fit, bond, etc…..then adopt……that makes sense, however, dragging all this out just means i will be stuck there far from home, my husband and daughter, our doctors, etc. paying outrageous hotel bills because our agency puts us in the white swan the whole time