Comments on: From Australia – Official Information

By: flamingo7229

flamingo7229 — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:38:13 +0000

As an Australian who was given “encouraging news” during the afternoon tea with CCAA I’m a little concerned about the status of the “official government statement” talked about in these comments. The statement referred to was an email posted to a yahoo website in Australia by a member – it is not an “official statement by the government”. I understand that a clarification of what CCAA actually said is going to be issued by the lead government agency for China adoption in the next week or so. There are also some differences in opinion on what the CCAA actually said. In the meeting with Australian government agencies, CCAA was asked about the timeframe and they indicated that they were hoping to keep it at around 12 to 13 months. They also said this informally to families who met with them over afternoon tea. When one of the government agencies pressed them further about the timeframe, they said it was POSSIBLE that the timeframe could extend to up to 18 months over the next year. I have been advised by my agency that they did not say it WILL extend to that. I think we need to try not to be too concerned about these statements until we see something official coming out of CCAA. I know it’s hard and we all tend to clutch at any bits of information we can but, in the end, we need to stay sane while we’re going through this really stressful process.

By: thewayitis

thewayitis — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:07:21 +0000

Hmm, I think that after RQ gets her referral and finally gets to bring her little one home and settled into a new routine her time will become even more precious to her family. I wouldn’t think she’ll want to spend a great deal of time defending herself for something she decided to do for others. I’m not so sure if I were her I’d continue to provide a free service so open to attack from within once my adoption journey was over. My LID is 8/30. I for one am very greatful for all you do RQ. I know it takes hours of your day to run this board and it only takes minutes to attack all you do. I’ve not posted before, not sure I will again. Everyone has a right to freedom of speech(at least if they are lucky) and emotions can sometimes run high. I’m in it for eleven months now and expect to be for sometime more. Thank you for all you do, especially since you don’t have to do it in the first place and can decide to stop whenever you choose. Thank you again.

By: momladybird

momladybird — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:09:29 +0000

Chinamama,

i am well aware of this information myself but until CCAA come out an officially announce that the wait has extended on their website, that is when i will believe it and not before.
Its rather strange that Australia is only privy to this information and no other country.

By: Chinamama

Chinamama — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:51:46 +0000

The Australian Information came directly from a meeting between the CCAA delegation and representatives from all Australian States except for Western Australia. The information from this meeting was disseminated to the Australian FCC via the Department of Human Services (Victoria). This is not a case of the Department or FCC putting a negative “spin” on information – this is what was said by the CCAA. I have had this confirmed by the Queensland representative who was at this meeting last week. Sorry to burst your bubble momladybird…. The Qld Department are in the process of updating the information on their website – they expect this will be done in the next fortnight.

By: momladybird

momladybird — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:54:23 +0000

Thanks RQ,

sorry about that! it can be rather confusing reading all the different threads, AARRGGHH!

keep up the good work!

One question for you though, what will happen when you get your referral are you going to train some-one else to follow the rumours whilst you are getting your little one?

By: RumorQueen

RumorQueen — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:24:22 +0000

momladybird, your post was NOT deleted, you placed it on another thread, you can read it there

By: dadtobe

dadtobe — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:11:40 +0000

thanks momladybird. I also got this info just now on another RQ thread. Hard to follow the different threads :) I did not know how Australia was set up. Good education for the future. Just now getting answers from you all down under. I did not think about the time diff. thought someone else here might know the answer. Thanks to all for your answer on the 2 thread I am on.

By: momladybird

momladybird — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:06:17 +0000

dadtobe,

We do NOT have the luxury of private agencies in australia. We have to use our “state” government department agency as RQ said!
The statement you will NOT find on any of the state governement agencies websites, it was given to the Australian FCC group.

By: momladybird

momladybird — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:54:07 +0000

Dont know why my post was deleted to dadtobe but yes it does appear that there has been CCAA officials whilst here in Australia saying that the wait time could slowly increase up to 18mons BUT my theory of thought is that last Nov 2005 there was a NEWS FLASH on the the CCAA website saying the wait times were going to increase from 10-12mons, so WHY hasnt the CCAA website had a news flash this time. Until CCAA official come out and say the wait is increasing to 18mons dont believe it!
The Australian government & FCC ALWAYS give the WORST CASE SCENARIO!

By: dadtobe

dadtobe — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:35:28 +0000

Katydid: Its very hard to be optimistic and hopeful in this process. We started the actual paperchase in January and that is pretty much all that I thought about and worked on at the time (yes, my job was not a priority :) imagine that. We have been married 14 years and this will be our first child.

I did not even join any of the yahoo sites and such until after that was done in early April. Then the depression hit as I realized all that had changed. But the good news is that I have finally come out of the funk and do not let all of the bad news and rumors hit me like they used to. I do wish that people did let us know what was going on. Even bad news would help in that we could ‘get a life’ and work around what ever is in play. And, don’t worry, your sense of humor will come back out :)