I am told that the CCAA verified to another country, in writing, that the new rules will not be applicable to applications prior to May 1, 2007. Most of the big agencies have been saying this pretty vocally, so this just verifies what we’ve already known, but it is still nice to hear it again. [...]

The number of divorces thing still seems to be up in the air. Some agencies are asking and getting clarification that it is two total divorces per couple, while other agencies are being told it is two divorces per person. All agencies (that are speaking) seem to be in agreement that the May 1st date [...]

China Daily has a story about the new “criteria” for foreign adoptions. Let’s remember that we heard a while back that the Ministry of Civil Affairs turned the CCAA down on the new rules/laws they wanted. It seems that the CCAA just called them preferences and put them through anyway. It is interesting to me [...]

Without the third choice, it would appear that the new rules will knock half of us out. With the idea that people may not qualify right now but could make changes to qualify, they’ve knocked 41% of us out. This will not make the wait shorter for those that are already logged in. The wait [...]

Several agencies have either posted the official new rules to their website or they have notified their clients of them. They are: At present, the number of adoption application documents that the China Centre of Adoption Affairs (hereafter referred to as CCAA) receives is increasing very fast. However, the limited number of Chinese children available [...]

Today is our last chance of seeing referrals before Christmas. I think there is a chance that they show up today. Maybe not a huge chance, but still a chance. The rumors seem to be saying the cut-off will be somewhere between September 23rd and the end of the month, but there is not a [...]