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Getting started with paperwork.
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Homestudy with social worker.
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Birth, Marital, Medical, Criminal & Employment Verifications.
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Fingerprint Identification.
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Certification &
Authentication
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Dossier paperwork to the Secretary of State and the Chinese Consulate.
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Translation of dossier into Chinese.
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Waiting Period
A. Translation Room: CCAA (Center for Chinese
Adoption Affairs)
B. Review Room: By CCAA
C. Matching Room: By CCAA
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Current waiting periods are 9 to 12 months.
(It has now got faster: 6 to 8 months).
It looks like we are moving back to the 12 months wait period again!
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Our Baby has been Identified.
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We leave for China to get Alana.
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Baby Alana is delivered to us.
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Waiting for Alana's Visa & Passport to be issued.
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Health checkup before Baby Alasa can enter U.S.A.
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Coming home with Baby Alana.
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Re-adopt Baby Alana as a U.S. citizen.
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15.
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Post-placement Reports
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Two semi-annual checkups with Agency.
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