Great News!

Well…..there seems to have been a misunderstanding. Imagine that! Evidently we are not waiting on an Article 5 letter, but rather have already been waiting for our TA from the CCAA for about a week and a half! That’s awesome news, as the TA (Travel Approval) is the last hurdle we must clear, and puts us 2-3 weeks ahead of where we thought we were. So…..we ought to get our TA sometime in the next 1-2.5 weeks based on current timeframes. Once we get that, 2 dates/times are set: the US Consulate appointment in Guangzhou, and the Civil Affairs appointment in Beijing. Typically, travel occurs 3-4 weeks after getting TA. Here’s the catch – Civil Affairs has put a temporary hold on these appointments due to the swine flu, so nobody with children in Beijing can travel to pick them up right now, including us. However, since we don’t have TA yet, we’re not impacted…….yet. We are hoping, as are many other families, that Civil Affairs begins making appointments again ASAP. We are getting close. Very close. We (Angie and I) think we will be traveling in early July. Come on Civil Affairs……back to business as usual!