Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
The first rumor this month is an R1. This rumor is that the cut off is the 14th. This comes from the Spanish blog, hence the R1.
If you aren’t familiar with my Rumor Ratings then please click over and read about them.
I have not seen any rumors that speak of how close they [...]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The following are blogs of people who have referrals for their children:
Waiting For Molly
Bringing Xu Mei Home
Katie-bug Journey
The Happy Hoppes
Waiting for Mei Mei
Red Thread Journey
Stutzman (Password: jackson)
Journey to Maggie Mae
Home with Emily
Hang On Little Tomato
Bringing TieTie home
The following blogs have music and are not work safe:
Ally in China
From Three to Four, then add One More
If [...]
Posted in Referral Announcements | 20 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Tomorrow I will do the More Babies! post.
The More Babies! posts are for anyone who wants to share a referral that isn’t part of China’s NSN referral batches. This includes those of you in the China SN program as well as anyone with a referral from another country (including domestic adoptions). Once I open the [...]
Posted in Misc Discussions | 15 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
From my When post, the most likely days for referrals to arrive are this Friday or Monday (5 or 7 days from now).
We should have rumors.
But, as ya’ll can see, there are no rumors.
Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
If you want to read through the Projection post again, here it is: http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/11/06/projections-5/
Hopefully when the agencies open up [...]
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
The general consensus seems to be that if you already have an active I-171H then your adoption will be under the pre-Hague rules. But, you must not let your I-171H expire before getting a new one.
The following comes from the U.S. State Department
4. What happens to a case that is in process when [...]
Posted in Hague Implementation | 13 Comments »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
On Friday November 16, 2007 President Bush signed the final instrument of ratification for the Hague Convention. You can read a little more about this here: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/nov/95469.htm
Here are some timelines:
December 12, 2007 - The Department of State will deposit the Instrument of Ratification.
March 12, 2008 – The Accrediting Entities (Colorado & COA) will [...]
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