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 will [...]

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 for [...]

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 [...]

A couple of agencies are expecting the official statement about the new rules sometime next week.
One agency released a statement this week that there has been no change in the percentage of dossiers for single parents that they are allowed to send. Along with this they talk about the change in age, switching them so [...]

First, we have a very reliable European agency who is saying that the CCAA is almost done with this batch and that they are going to do all of September. It is unclear to me whether they mean all of that agency’s September people or all of September. And I’m not sure when this agency’s [...]

The same general guidelines from my original post seem to be sticking. As more agencies make their announcement we are seeing a variety of details emerge. I will stress again that I don’t think we should get too attached to any of the details coming out until we see the CCAA’s official announcement. I’m seeing [...]