April: 7 days, 5/31 to 6/6/05

Latest message from Xiaoqing:

Dear Bob and Kelsey:

I am sorry to inform you that by the end of this month only those families whose dossiers were registered between May 31st to June 6th are getting their referrals. I am very sorry and heavy-hearted about the slow-down. I don't think the slow-down is within the control of CCAA. It all depends on how many children's files CCAA receives each month from different orphanages and how many dossiers they receive from applicants each month. All we can hope is that in the coming months there will be an increase of children's files available and then the referral will be speed up.

I have seen this kind of slow down a few times in the past ten years.
The longest time our families had to wait, I remember, was 14 months. At one point CCAA had to limit how many dossiers each agencies could submit (a quota system) in order to catch up with the back-log. I just want to let you know that the slow-down like this happened many times in the past and there is hope that things will speed up again. Please hang in there.

Take care,
Xiaoqing

At this rate (6 days per month) it will take 16.67 months to get to our application.

6/6/05 to 9/15/05 = 100 days. 100 d / 6 d/mo = 16.67 months
16.67 months from Apr 2006 =
Aug 2007 for referral, Sep 2007 travel to China