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THE
REFERRAL:
THE CALL
When CHI receives
your referral from the China Center for Adoption Affairs your
Adoption Consultant in the Regional or Main Office will call you
with the good news. Basic information will be exchanged over the
phone and we will then express mail your announcement with photo(s),
original medical report with translation, any other information
provided by the orphanage, the CCAA Seeking Confirmation Letter, CHI
Agreement to Adopt and various other paperwork to the address of
your choice. A letter with an explanation of what to do next will
be enclosed. You will receive it the next day.
ACCEPTING YOUR REFERRAL ? DOCUMENTS
TO RETURN
Upon accepting your referral, you
will return:
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The signed CCAA Seeking
Confirmation Letter (We ask that your fax this to 314-427-4288
immediately upon accepting the child referred to you.)
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The signed Agreement to Adopt
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The International Program Fee of
$3100 (personal checks are accepted).
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Release Form
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Click here
to fill out the online Travel Form and submit to Karolyn Tucker,
China Travel Coordinator.
No changes can be
made to your travel plans after you have submitted the on line
travel form. CHI makes the travel arrangements according to the
number of people listed on the travel forms.
MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION
CHI offers families a way to
communicate with your group before you travel. Join CHI's group list and have discussions with and other CHI families.
To join:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adoptionchildrenshope .
Adopting
Toddlers and Older Children
For families adopting children
over the age of two, we recommend that parents prepare two (2)
small identical photo books with photos of parent/parents, siblings,
the new child?s room, family activity shot and family pet(s). Send
one book to CHI, and if you label the photos, we will translate and
mail the photo book to China along with a very small gift (no
bigger than your hand) from you. Send the package to CHI as soon
as possible, so your child will have time to receive your package.
Please take the remaining book to
China with you, just in case the orphanage staff forgets to give it
to your child when leaving the orphanage.
For families adopting an older child
(age 5 and older), we will also translate a letter from you and send
one disposable camera so they can take photos of their ?China family
in the orphanage prior to his/her departure.
For Families Adopting Infants
(children under the age of two)
We do not send items, gifts,
cameras, etc. to the orphanage. In the past, some of these items
have been lost and families were upset when the children did not
have them at the time of the adoption. We prefer the orphanage staff
not be distracted with these things, but to concentrate on the care
of the children.
TRAVEL
APPROVALS FROM THE CCAA
CHI will send
your signed Seeking Confirmation Letter to the CCAA for the
processing of your travel approval. The Travel Approval is one of
the required documents that allow the adoptive parent(s) to travel
to China and to your child?s local province and finalize the Chinese
adoption process.
Once the CCAA
receives your signed ?Seeking Confirmation Letter?, we
estimate
the
turn-around time to be about 4 weeks.
TRAVEL
PREPARATION PACKAGE
While we are waiting for your
Travel Approval we will send the ?travel preparation package?.
The package will contain forms with written instructions and
samples that will need to be completed for your trip and the
adoption process. Some of the forms included will be: the Visa
applications, the I-864 and I-864A Affidavit of Support forms,
if
needed, along with the current checklist of documents you will need
to take to China.
APPLYING FOR YOUR VISA
Visa
Application forms with samples and instructions will be sent to
you. Please apply for your visa at that time.
The Chinese
Embassy and Consulates will not accept visa applications in the
mail, including any type of express mail. It will need to be
hand carried by you or a courier to the Chinese
Embassy/Consulate that handles your states documents.
You will
need to submit:
Please make sure your passport is in
order:
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States your legal name;
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Spelled correctly;
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Valid for at least six months
beyond your visit;
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With two blank pages left.
Your visa will be stamped in your
passport. You will have 90 days to enter China from the date
stamped on your visa and your stay in China is valid for 30 days.
Chinese Embassy and
Consulates
Courier
Services for the following Chinese Consulates:
Chicago
Consulate:
Contact Denise Hope?s website at
www.theres-always-hope.com
. Phone: (815) 690-7035
email:
info@theres-always-hope.com
Houston
Consulate: Contact
Cindy Marut at
www.MyChinaDocs.com
E-mail her for info at
cmarut@earthlink.net.
If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact her
832-368-1844
between:
8:00
AM
and 10:00 AM, or 3:00
PM
and 5:00
PM Central
Time, Monday through Friday.
You may also send a fax
message at any time to
832-201-8175.
Los
Angeles Consulate
: Contact Janice Moore at
951-805-3008
E-mai
gggandjmoore@aol.com
New
York Consulate:
Contact Ms. Patti Urban and Mr. Chris Moore at
http://www.Legal-Eaze.com
. E-mail them for info
at
NYOffice@Legal-Eaze.com
phone NYC office:845-642-2990
San Francisco
Consulate:
Contact Jill Touloukian at
jill@papermidwife.com
or her website
http://www.papermidwife.com ; tel:650- 329-0243 ;
fax650-329-9907
Washington
DC
Embassy: Contact
Laura Morrison, The Assistant Stork, phone number is: 540-659-6845;
website:
www.asststork.com
Visa Services:
Lotus
Travel Agency Visa Service:
http://lotustours.net/documents/china_visa.pdf
for application; website:
www.Lotustours.net
China
Visa Agency:
www.ChinaVisaAgency.com
phone:866-766-9988 or 925-866-9999
Damar travel agency
http://damartravel.com
Phone: 800- 999-6101
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