CNN, TA’s, SN Forms, Review Room
The CNN show last night wasn’t so bad. The correspondent in GZ pointed out that the adoption community feels that “China has the right to decide who would be a good parent and who would not.”, so I’m mostly okay with the piece. I’m glad that the panel did not discuss it, and I’m glad that PZ went straight to the next thing when the segment was over with.
I have reports of a few SN TA’s arriving.
More and more families in the SN program are being informed that their agency is waiting on the hard copy of an Acceptance Form that they will have to then FedEx to the family so the family can sign it and the agency can get it back to China. Some agencies have already received them and the parents have signed them and sent them back, so we know that the form does exist and looks like the Acceptance form that NSN families sign after referral. SN TA’s are apparently going to be held up until China receives this form back. All agencies are apparently having to do this – not just the ones doing things electronically. Rumors are flying about why this form is suddenly being required – they vary from “China is tired of the disruptions and wants parents to sign that they accept the child to try to stop them” to “it’s a Hague thing”.
I believe that everyone from the late November / early December referral batch has now received their TA. If I’m wrong about that please let me know. (UPDATE: At least two agencies are still waiting.)
I know that the February families are pretty upset about the review room info not changing on the CCAA site. It has been 70 days since the review room information was updated. The record (since the box came into existence) is November at 71 days. November is huge, February is presumably not huge. I wish I had some kind of answer for the February and March people. I know that some agencies are sure that their March people are currently being reviewed. But it hasn’t been so long ago that I heard of a February person getting asked a question. Since the box was updated last week for referrals, and since the box is still there, I have to assume that if they were done with February they would have updated it. Of course, assuming anything when dealing with the CCAA is dangerous business, so perhaps I shouldn’t be doing so. However, the simplest explanation may just be that one reviewer was loaded up a lot heavier in February than the other reviewers and when that reviewer finally makes it through the month the site will change.
January 12th, 2007 at 7:49 am
One would think that we are used to the delays and the frustations of this process. I am a Feb. LIDer and as small a step as it may seem, I can’t wait to see the box updated. Somehow, just seeing your LID is an achievement, another hurdle cleared.
Jo-Anne
January 12th, 2007 at 8:26 am
I have no information on the new SN acceptance form, but if this form is needed from this point on, couldn’t the agencies give the form to their families prior to referral? The families could then sign the form in advance and the agency could keep it on file for immediate mailing once a referral is accepted.
Of course, this won’t work if the child’s name appears on the form. I’m just hoping there is some way to expedite it so the form does not delay travel any longer than it already is.
Regarding CNN? I’m done with them and refuse to watch anything else related to China adoption they produce.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:51 am
I called my agency earlier this week. I was told the review room was reviewing late March LIDs for this particular agency.
This was surprising they shared this information since they are so conservative when it comes to any information.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:56 am
luckymama, that was my original thought too, but then I realized that the acceptance form is issued by the CCAA for each individual child and it’s family. It is identical to the nsn acceptance form, and both the child’s name and the family name is printed on it.
I know that my agency just received the form for an early Nov LOI family, but for their families that were waiting over 120 days, they received the TA instead! So I’m wondering if the CCAA is issuing the new form for families that had their DTC or their LOI (whichever came later) after a certain date?
January 12th, 2007 at 9:02 am
RQ, I don’t understand what you mean by receiving a TA for late November or early Dec. Our LID is Nov 29, 05 we have’nt received anything. Could you explain?
January 12th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I haven’t been following the review room updates as long as some of you and so have a question. During the time when referrals were coming in 6-7 months and included a month of LIDs at a time, were the reveiw room updates also showing up monthly? It seems the review room would have had to keep up with the pace at that time. If they don’t pick up the pace soon, referrals will be right on the heels of review. A possible new type of slowdown??? I hope not.
January 12th, 2007 at 9:14 am
With a March LID, I’ve been waiting almost 10 months now with another years wait. I am looking forward to the move from review to matching room, needing ’something’ to celebrate! Have a bottle of champagne waiting… and waiting..
ugh!
January 12th, 2007 at 9:25 am
babydreamer~
We could only hope that would happen. The Review Room is so far ahead of referrals at this point – they could actually stop for a while. Which wouldn’t be a bad idea – stop for a while and help out in the matching room. However, one of the reasons for the slow down is not enough paper-ready babies. So the additional workforce wouldn’t help speed things up. Approving more orphanges for the IA program would be a good way to allow more children to be adopted but this doesn’t seem to be happening either.
Jo-Anne
2/28
January 12th, 2007 at 9:25 am
One of my May boards has posted one May family being asked some questions about dates on their dossier and another family reported their agency told them they are in the review room. I realize different agencies are at different stages, but at least some of May is being reviewed now.
January 12th, 2007 at 9:29 am
joycomesinthemorning,
She is talking about the people who received referrals in late Nov/early Dec.
January 12th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I wonder if they slowed down the review room because they have such a backlog in matching. I’ve been trying not to pay attention to it lately and hoping that I will one day be surprised. (Btw, it’s not working; I still wonder about it everyday.)
Come on Review Room! Chop Chop! Get a move on!
:)
clem
LID 09feb06
January 12th, 2007 at 9:51 am
With a February 9, 06 LID I’ve been watching that “box” on the CCAA site like a hawk since December 1st when I thought we’d clear the matching room. Here we are…Jan. 10th..still nothing. I cannot even begin to describe the level of frustration I have focused on that little box on the CCAA site!!! LOL!!!
January 12th, 2007 at 10:09 am
I was told a month ago from my Large China Only Agency that March was almost completed. With an early March LID, I’m hoping that means my file has already been reviewed. I would just like to see it in print!
January 12th, 2007 at 10:16 am
The box was not around when the wait was 6 months. However, families went from review straight to matching back then, you could be asked questions one month and get your referral one to two months later.
The CCAA said that they hoped to keep the review room as quick as possible, as they want families to know ASAP if they are not going to be approved, so I would expect the review room to continue to go at a rapid pace no matter what the matching room is doing.
January 12th, 2007 at 11:03 am
When that only reviewer who still is working on February, is finally done with it, all the rest of them have allready finished March! So that only reviewer will be constantly behind and we have to wait for that?? Give that reviewer a smaller stock to review the next couple of months. LOL!
LID 3/29
The Netherlands
January 12th, 2007 at 11:19 am
I know this may not be anything concrete and speculation. we are LID 6/20/06 and were told in late Dec they anticipate our LID to be in review in 3-4 months (March/April 2007). I am not sure if this will help predictions or not. They did supposedly check with the In China contact.
Star6172
January 12th, 2007 at 11:21 am
As a Feb LID I cannot tell you how frustrating it is that it has not been updated. My count says 71 days today. My agency absolutely assures me that we are fine but still.
I have some questions about denials by CCAA:
My agency, small/medium sized (30-40 dossiers per month I think) told me that they only get a question about a dossier once or twice per YEAR and that when they do get questioned it is pretty much always a transcription error that has caused it and in the majority of those cases they clarify the info with CCAA without the family even being notified. They also said that they have NEVER had a family be denied by CCAA after submission of the dossier. Now, I do respect my agency and the dossier prep assistant we had was fairly detailed, but does that seem consistent with other agencies?
I heard on another board about a family that had been questioned about their dossier but they weren’t surprised because the medical test results for the clearance were over 2 years old when they submitted them. My agency would have never allowed this and were very, very picky about all the paperwork.
So I guess this is what I’m asking:
1. Do any of you know how often your agency is asked for additional info? Does what my agency has said jive with what you have been told?
2. Do any of you know of anyone who has been denied by CCAA in the last year not just a pre clearance as some agencies have done but denied after DTC? If so, generally, what was it for if you know?
3. For anyone who has been questioned was it just some clerical error that caused it?
The only person I know of who has been denied recently is a person who was attempting to adopt SN and was denied due to a long-standing diagnosis and treatment of bi-polar, apparantly it had been medically controlled for years. That happened just a few months ago and in light of CCAA’s new rules about meds that’s not too surprising now. I’m also aware of the wheelchair bound man who had adopted previously but was prevented from doing so a second time.
I’m really trying to understand how often this questioning/denial thing occurs and the basis if anyone is willing to share.
You can email me if you want at
stressedout6512@msn.com
Thanks!
January 12th, 2007 at 11:23 am
I’m a March LID so will be excited to see the updated box if/when it happens. I haven’t been able to access the CCAA site this morning. Has anyone else been having trouble?
Catherine
LID 03/23/06
http://www.catherineschatter.blogspot.com
January 12th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Wow! We are with the ONLY Agency to not have TA for our Nov 30 referral. Such a poor feeling and there is no sight of TA’s and no idea as to when per our agency. Sorry to be a downer here but having an 08-26-05 LID (just missed the previous referral batch) and now this, is really disappointing. We know it will happen someday but……..ugh!!!
January 12th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Waitingonsarah — I think we’re w/ the same agency — I was wondering if we were the only ones lest. I’m wondering if we’ll get them before the end of the day? I’m worried about getting there before CNY @ this point!! I wonder if we really are the only agency left? Is that normal?
January 12th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Yeah, I was a little bit more pleased with the Paula Zahn special. I thought the babies were so cute! I always get emotional when I see them.
Our LID is 9/12/06 so we have a long time to wait. It is good to hear that CCAA may be reviewing through late March. It gives us some hope.
January 12th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Well, my agency thought we would be able to get a CA at the beginning of February, but now they say the earliest available appointment is February 12! They could have squeezed us in at the end of January, but we just can’t leave that soon. For some reason, there are NO APPOINTMENTS available between Jan 31 and Feb 12. We are waiting for confirmation for Feb 12. Ugh – more waiting. Ahhhhh…
January 12th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
mnm2anne,
I’m with the same agency as waitingonsarah, check out my blog to confirm if you are with us too… Look in the entry from January 11 to see our agency name ~ there’s a link to it so it should be in blue.
Strangely enough I hope we are from different agencies so that neither of us is last. But I guess someone has to be, so as long as TA comes in time to get there before CNY I’m okay with it…
KM
January 12th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Someone just emailed me about a second agency still waiting on TA – so there are at least two.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
We got our tentative travel date of 1/25 just now!
January 12th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
I know this is a bit off topic….For the people who have to renew their I171H…part of that process is a new I600A and updated homestudy….does this mean they have to go through the review room again?
January 12th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
beatr1ce-
This is only for the US gov’t. It has nothing at all to do with the CCAA, so nope we don’t have to go through reveiw again.. From what my agency has told me, we will hand carry our new form with us to China. I am not so sure why though, since USCIS is supposed to go ahead and send it to the US Consulate like they did the first one.
Hope this helps.
Claire
LID 10/10/05 (next??)
January 12th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Fireworksin and WaitingonSarah… your’re not the only one. Some people from my agency didn’t received the proposal. And they was LID 08-26-05… We are still missing 14 babys in august… That’s a lot! I’m NOT with your agency. I’m from Canada.
My Lid date is 03-29-06.. Maybe one day! :(
January 12th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
This topic has been discussed and it seems that it has been let go for the most part, but it has been on my mind all morning. I truely respect all of your opinions and I would like to add mine as well.
On the subject of trying to strong arm China when it comes to IA policy. I don’t for one second believe that China has any desire to listen seriously to anyone outside of China. They have a long harsh history of how to handle billions of people that don’t like how things operate. I don’t think they would like losing the millions of dollars that IA generates, however, they certainly have the capacity to forfeit that and once again shroud their abandoned children in secrecy. It would be a simple task for them to ban foreign programs like Half the Sky to maintain that secrecy. They would not like that merchants and hotels would stand to lose huge amounts of money, but life is full of suffering, they would get used to it. I think we all must be aware of the fact that China and suffering have gone hand in hand for a long long time. In the USA we can express/demand our desires and possibly see results, China on the other hand is quite a different ball of wax. When the Chinese people are mostly powerless, how on earth does anyone think that a bunch of priveledged, overinduldged, never known the true meaning of sacrifice, baby hungry foreigners going to exert any pressure on them to give them babies in what we think is a faster, more efficient, fair way? We are powerless, we are people that could use some humility in a lot of the worlds opinion. I for one will not be telling China anything except “Thank you very much”. I think that orphanage status quo, pre IA is not something that they want, but it is not out of the question, for several reasons.
Honestly, no disrespect intended, I think trying to push China around in this arena is magical thinking, they know the true meaning of smack-down. Sad, but true in my opinion.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,9294,2-10-1462_2053759,00.html
January 12th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
We are LID Feb. 28th and in the matching room and our agency medium size phoned us on Dec. 22 to tell us we were in the matching room. Friends with same agency are LID August 31, 2005 and will travel January 25.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Waitingforsarah
WOW! that’s just under 4 weeks from referral to travel, when you actually leave, correct??? That is sooo fast! Please confirm or correct me, and congratulations…off you go!:)
January 12th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
mclark – I think waitingforsarah was in the late Nov / early Dec batch, so that would be almost two months from referral to travel.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
We got our renewed 171 today! Hooray!!!! Now we don’t have that worry of it holding us back when referrals arrive THIS month!! :-) heehee Sure hope it’s in Jan!!! (we’re in N.C. by the way.)
LID 9/29/05 (and had to celebrate by buying a CUTE Easter outfit!!! )
January 12th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Patience, Don’t you mean you are in the Review Room? Not Matching Room???
January 12th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Beenheredonethat, regardless of the joking around you see on this site, I think everyone here knows we can’t push China around. We’ve seen too much not go our way and too many disappointments to think otherwise. Waitingonsarah, so sorry to hear of your delay. That’s so tough to know you’re one of the last to get your TA. Hopefully, very soon. Blossombaby 10.25.05
January 12th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Off topic (I wrote this in Forum Discussion but got no answers) -
I found on these pages some time ago, the link to a small program that would automatically search for updates on the CCAA page. How can I get in touch with that person again, I have lost the link/e-mail adress?
I did install the program, and 1) it doesn’t work properly, and 2) my machine has been a mess ever since. I can’t find out how to uninstall the program (and no, it does not show up when I use the Uninstall Programs function).
So I need to find the link to that person again, to find out how to get rid of the program. Can anyone here help?
January 12th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Blossombaby, In regards to the thread I started in this section, I am bouncing back to some of the Paula Zahn Again posts by Biedronka and I think one other person. It was in regards to making demands on China because of $$$. It just kept nagging at me until I posted, I didn’t post there because I suspect no one will read yesterdays news, perhaps I am wrong, sorry. Anyway, I think most of us are painfully aware or at least suspicious of how China operates and our impotency in regards to making changes through threats, no matter how much money might be involved. I just felt the need to post and hoped at the time it wouldn’t be confusing, sorry if it was.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
jmlance –
We are in NC too. When did you send in your $$$ for your I-171H to Charlotte??? We had our fingerprints redone in Nov. and our homestudy will be updated before the month’s end. Oh boy, am I confused!
January 12th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
jmlance Nope we have been moved out of the review room and in the matching room, our medium sized agency confirmed Dec. 22 BUT I suspect we won’t get referall until fall of 07. LID Feb. 28/06
January 12th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Patience, I believe it would be more accurate to say that you’ve been moved to the holding area between the review room and the matching room.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
as an april lid, i am very stressed about the whole review room thing. we are with a small multi-country agency, and even though i don’t think there’s a single thing we could be questioned about, i am freaked out that our agency didn’t check everything very well. i’m also a little disappointed – two nights ago i had a dream that i woke up, checked the ccaa site, and they had updated that MARCH was through review. sigh…no such luck!
January 12th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Little Ladybug… We had f.prints redone in Oct, and our updated h.study was sent on Dec. 19. So, less than a month. Honestly, we didn’t expect to see this thing until mid to late Jan. We really thought we would see our referral first… once again, things never go the way you plan!!! But we are pleased as punch!!!
Patience, I concur with RQ… you are more likely in the “holding area”… but at least you are waiting for the matching room now! what a relief!
January 12th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Waiting for Sarah!
So glad to hear your travel group finally has news! Less than two weeks away. That is soooo exciting!!!
Blessings for a great trip!
DJR – (We met at our agency Christmas party!)
January 12th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
jmlance-
CONGRATS!!!! What a weight off your shoulders. I am so happy for you.
Laureen
(Leaving in 6 days!)
http://www.babysites.com/sites/laureenmary
January 12th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
jmlance
We are also in NC. We are getting ready to redo 171. What I was wondering is how many days did it take from the time you mailed the I600A form until you received your new 171-H?
By the way, congratulations on being next!!!!
LID 3/29/o6
January 12th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
chinapromise…. OHHH – thank you SO much… although the days are starting to feel like 60 hour days, NOT 24! haha We sent in our $$$ and new I-600A either right before Thanksgiving or right after. I think it was the week of T-giving though… and received the 171 today. So, about 6 or so weeks of waiting. Our updated h.study was sent in on Dec. 19 though so really, once that is sent off, it’s a matter of days….. but as you know, being in N.C., that is as predictable as the CCAA is right now!! haha good luck!!!
January 12th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Mom2Isabel… Thank you SO much!!! ;-) Definite weight fell off the shoulders today… now how can i get it to fall off of my waist??? heehee
January 12th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
RQ,
You’re right. Thanks for the clarification. My brain must be muddled w/ a 9/29 LID and referral looming! I was pretty excited to think someone could travel that quickly-and a bit overwhelmed. Actually kind of relieved to know that’s not so as I don’t know how we’d pull it together that quick!
Meg
LID 9/29
January 12th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
jmlance
Thanks! What area of NC are you in? We are in the Charlotte are.
January 12th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
chinapromise… oh really?? we have some future travel buddies that are in Concord – we are in the foothills… about 30 min. from boone. (wilkes county)
January 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
We did get our Acceptance form today! They do exist. We were told to sign it and send it back ASAP! But the mail and our agency is both closed monday, so my wife will hand deliver it first thing tuesday morning, we only live 30 minutes from their main office. I am not sure though, how long it will take to get our TA’s after that. Because of CNY, I am thinking we won’t travel until March.
January 13th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Beenheredonethat, ah…now I understand. Jmlance, congratulations. You were cutting it really close.
January 13th, 2007 at 1:01 am
midnightsmom…
How large is your travel group? A poster in another forum stated that they just got confirmed for a 2/5 CA. I’m wondering if your group is quite large. I’ve not heard from anyone else that there are no appts. available until 2/12 so just trying to make sense of it. I’m dreading the prospect of waiting until the 12th or after CNY for our CA. We’ve been awaiting confirmation for a 1/29 CA for a few days. That date now is feeling unlikely.
January 13th, 2007 at 9:40 am
chinapromise / jmlance -
Hey! We’re currently from Salisbury, but we’re building a house in Concord. Just thought I’d say Hi to some ‘neighbors’!
dawnw
January 13th, 2007 at 9:52 am
dawnw…. salisbury? we have some GREAT friends that live in salisbury!!! and of course, concord, too! :-) what is your LID? we’ll be in concord today to visit with our future travel buddies – heading to the mall for the boys to play at the NASCAR theme park and the mommies are going shopping!!! :-) wanna join us?? heehee
January 13th, 2007 at 9:55 am
little ladybug, i have to make a correction to what i posted earlier about when we sent our paperwork in… it was Dec. 11th!! my dh corrected me on that last night! so it wasn’t around T-giving time! yep, so we got everything sent in and back in a month! that is major record time for Charlotte…. so maybe now is the time to get stuff sent in! whew! go go go! haha i’ll be cheerin’ for ya!
LID 9/29/ OH FIVE!
January 13th, 2007 at 10:09 am
dawnw,
jamlance took the words out of my mouth :) – I was going to ask when your LID was?
jmlance,
we go to Concord Mills also. My husband takes my boys to the speed park and I happily shop the Mall alone! You should have a great time shopping today since you are so CLOSE to referral!!! I heard that Gymboree has a cute line Ladybug clothes.
I can’t believe that Charlotte turned your paperwork around that quickly. They are one of the slowest offices in the US. I am sure it won’t happen like that for us. They must have seen that your date was coming up.
January 13th, 2007 at 10:24 am
jmlance / chinapromise –
I would love to go shopping, but we are headed out to make a final decision about kitchen cabinets for the new house. (You know, they say if a marriage can survive building a house together, it can make it through anything!!) Next time you go, I’m in for sure! Our LID is 5/30/06. jmlance, I am so envious of you for being next!! It seems like we’ve been waiting for years already. chinapromise, your LID is my birthday…. it’s a good day!
dawnw
January 13th, 2007 at 10:30 am
chinapromise — they truly are the slowest office… they go at the rate of a snail i think… and the lady in charge isn’t so nice either so i was advised to not ask for anything unless it was imperative i needed it asap!! ugh. so glad that is over with. anyway… i heard Carter’s has some realllly cute stuff out there too… gymboree is a favorite of mine…oh my gosh… all the matching things… eeeeeek! haha
dawnw…. truly you are a brave woman in building a house! haha we like the “turn key” approach because of that! :-) good luck with the cabinet hunting!! sounds kinda fun actually… believe me, the wait has felt every bit of 16 months for us… not one day has been easier than the other.. .and the past few are excruciating! ahhh! never knew time could go SO SLOW! as i’m sure every parent that has gone before us could attest to…. my boys are keeping me busy but not that busy! haha
January 13th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Bloom –
Actually we are the only ones from our agency. We were offered a 30 January CA, but there were too many complications to travel that quickly. Our Agency was surprised that there were no appointments available the week of 5 February (and that the Consulate wouldn’t explain why). Fortunately, we should be okay for the 12th, and our travel agent advises that CNY should not be an issue yet.
January 13th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
chinapromise and jmlance
I’m also in the Charlotte area and was at Concord Mills today… We probably stood in line beside each other and never knew it!
When you get your referrals, let me know! Maybe our girls can have playdates sometime!
KM in CLT
(tentatively) China bound the 25th!!!
January 13th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I just saw that dawnw was moving to Concord… Good to know there are so many adoptive parents in the neighborhood!
Also just wanted to add that the Charlotte USCIS seems to be moving at a glacial pace for the initial I-171H and then lightning speed for the renewal…
Ours was 4 months the first time and then under 4 weeks the second.
But please, please don’t wait too long just to see if you can save the extra cost! We have a family in our travel group that was denied their renewal and it looks like they won’t get to travel with us… Please refile early!!!
January 13th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
jmlance~ do you have name for your baby yet? Also, I LOVE Gymoboree too! Oh my goodness, they have these new little curly hairbows, they make one to match every single out fit they sell! Soooo cute!
I am asking because we *think* her name will be Faith, but I am apt to change my mind, again. Does anybody else not have name yet? It’s not that we’re slow, or can’t decide, we just want to see her beautiful face before we make a final decision.
Jessa
January 13th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
RQ~ Do you know approx. when the new SN program is going to start? I am anxious, because my dh and I will probably go that route. I know you did a post a couple weeks ago, do you have any new info to share? Thank you!
January 13th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
FireworksinCLT,
We will definitely have to start a playgroup when all our girls get home! Of course with a March LID, your and jmlance’s daughters may have graduated from high school before mine comes home …ha ha NC has been very well represented today on RQ’s website :)
I went to your blog and I wanted to tell you that I love the song you wrote about on Thursday. It is the ringer on my cell phone right now.
I hope you get your travel worked out quickly and can get your baby home soon.
January 13th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
after waiting for 169 days for our SN TA… we finally can say WE ARE CHINA BOUND!!! WOOHOO
Dreams really do come true!
Jill in DE and family are not waiting for Daniel any longer but GOING FOR DANIEL!!!!!
dtc mar 8 06
lid mar 24 06
loi july 28 06
no pa
SN TA Jan 12 07
travel in hopefully 12 days!!!!! trying to slide us in with a group and will know on Tues.
January 13th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
dear charlotte, nc friends: (there are so many i just thought i would throw that up there!!! :-) haha) we had a GREAT time at Concord today! oh my goodness!! the deals that were there to be had! and we got them!!!!
chinadreams: YES! Her name will be Jessica Faith! :-) I LOVE “Faith”…. this journey has been nothing but a road of faith for us! Jessica means “wealth” which I loved,…. also, in chinese it has 3 meanings..”Rare” “West” and “Admire”.. cool!
KM – Where did you shop today? We were at Carter’s for forever! and then on to Old Navy and Gap… our men/boys were in the themepark inside and out for about 3 hours! what a great day for that!
we definitely need to figure a way out to meet each other! our fellow RQ buddies!!! :-)
julie
LID 9/29/05 COOL! ;-)
January 14th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Rumors Slave:
I asked my agency the same question, last week, about how many questions they get back from the CCAA. Very few, was the reply, as they scrutinize everything before it goes over. I would say my agency is mid-size, but multi-country. I also asked if they inquire about what months, of their dossiers, are out of review. They do NOT as they don’t want to take up time from the CCAA.
January 14th, 2007 at 6:29 am
DawnW:
When we built our home, we agreed to flip a coin if we had a difference in opinions on something wanted. Thank goodness I won most of the coin tosses, but it did work. We didn’t fight once.
January 14th, 2007 at 10:06 am
laural -
That’s so funny… We actually talked last night about doing that very thing!! But it’s not the first time we’ve used that “method of decision-making.” Great minds….
dawnw
January 14th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Jmlance~ That is a beautiful name!
January 14th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
chinadreams… why thank you! :-)
January 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
I just heard in my yahoo group that some people in May have been asked questions in the review room! I wonder how far they will actually get !
January 18th, 2007 at 9:19 am
RQ:
Question for you:
Our agency gave us TA last of Jan 25-Feb 10, they just came back and said oops, we now hope that it is Feb 1-16. Does this happen often? Will we have to wait for new TA then CA now? How long will things close down around Chinese new year? By the way there are 36 in our group. Is this why we are having so much trouble?
Frustrated…………