LOI - letter of intent that we send via email to China to ask to adopt a child.
PA - An email from China letting us know that they received our LOI and giving us preliminary approval while we wait for them to look at our file.
LOA - Letter of acceptance. We get this document via mail from China. It is our official letter that we sign saying we agree to adopt Leila, and it means that China has officially approved us for adoption.
TA - Travel approval is given by China when they have prepared for us to come and complete the China portion of the adoption.
CA - After we get TA our agency will set up a consulate appointment (CA) with the US Consulate in China so we can complete our US adoption and get our visa to bring our daughter home.
Once we have CA our trip to China can be scheduled around that appointment. Right now we are between LOA and TA - yea!!
Mike and Kelly
Wow, that's lightening fast. What great news. Can't wait for your TA, and better yet, for you to go to China to bring Leila home! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteawww...congratulations. Let's hope the wait isn't too long for the TA now.
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ReplyDeleteHey this is your neighbor - Leah - great blog and amazing house - you are a wonderful artist. I'm so glad that we are close. Please let us know if you need anything - we still have a bunch of baby stuff that we are glad to lend :-)
innana@sprynet.com
One more acronym you forgot (IOP) In Our Prayers. All 3 of you are IOP everyday
ReplyDeleteWe got ours as well! We are in Atlanta!!! Congrats and maybe we will travel together..Saw you on the CCAI WCP yahoo group!
ReplyDeleteApparently we know some of the same people!!! Looking forward to meeting you!
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