What are we waiting for? LOA!

After our dossier has been sent to China DTC: 08.13.12 and China recognized our dossier Log in Date: LID 08.27.12 and since we accepted our referral for sweet Lottie Lee Referral: 09.20.12, we wrote our Letter of Intent: LOI 09.21.12. A week later wereceived Pre-Approval: PA 10.01.12 for our sweet baby! We now WAIT for our Letter Seeking Confirmation (LSC), or Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Most people call it the LOA.  This is the official recognition from China /CCAA is stating that our Lottie stated with her Chinese name is approved to be adopted by us! And we can proceed with our adoption!

 

Current wait times for LOA depend on a lot of things!!

• It depends somewhat upon your agency, although no one has ever been able to prove this for sure.
• It depends on whether you accepted your referral before or after you received your Log In Date (LID).
• It Depends on the time of year (whether there are holidays during your wait, or other CCAA closures).
• It depends on whether or not the CCAA requests more information from you after reviewing your dossier. Doesn't happen often, but once in awhile it does!

Currently, families are waiting anywhere from 30-70 days for LOA/PA, with 50-60 days being probably the average.

(information provided by: China Online)

Currently we are:

32 days from PA

67 days from LID

So we ask for this...please send your positive vibes, cross your fingers and toes, pray, pray and pray some more!  Lets get LOA and bring this sweet precious baby home!!!

 

So when you see us post something that looks like this or see the letters LOA you will know its time to CELEBRATE!!! But please know each step is a process and there are SEVERAL more steps after receiving LOA but it is one step closer, one hurdle past, moments closer to having Lottie join her forever family! We will continue to CELEBRATE each step no matter how difficult because we know in our hearts this child is worth the wait no matter how long!