Love Never Fails: Hearing Levi's Heart: Travel Visa Changes

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Travel Visa Changes

Proverbs 16:9 "We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps."

Tuesday we found out that China was changing their requirements for an travel entry visa. It is to be that after your LOC you could apply for your visa. Pretty simple and you had them well in advanced for travel purposes. Starting August 1st they want you to wait until after your travel approval (TA). When applying you have to submit you TA letter, your round flight information, and your hotel confirmations. Then you have to wait for your visas to be approved and sent out. While this is not an impossible requirement, Mark and I were concerned that it would hold our travel up. We talked with a few families and Caring Hands Services on Wednesday, and we decided to hurry up and get our applications sent out. We knocked it out in one day and I am happy to say the documents are in the mail and due to arrive at Caring Hands tomorrow morning! Colleen is going to get them in process before the 1st so we do not have to do all the new requirements! We will be very glad to get those visas in hand!! Levi, we are one step closer!!

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The Crazy Eight Toering ClanJuly 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Hooray!!!!
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Our Timeline for Levi

10/30/12 Levi officially ours!!
10/29/12 Family Day
10/28/12 Tour New Day; Meet Levi
10/25/12 Leave for China
10/18/2012 CA arrives, flights booked!!
10/16/2012 TA Arrived!! 8 days!!
09/27/2012 Article 5 pick up!! 3 days!
09/25/2012 Article 5 drop off
09/19/2012 NVC Approval
09/17/2012 I800 Approval!! 13 days!
09/4/12 I800 arrived to lockbox
08/31/2012 I800 Sent!
08/28/12 LOC arrived!
8/23/12 LOC!! 35 days!
8/07/12 Travel Visas Arrived!
7/26/12 Travel Visa applications mailed
07/19/12 LID
07/03/12 DTC
06/12/12 I800a approval! Only 1 day!
06/11/12 USCIS fingers prints
5/23/12 USCIS received I800a
5/21/12 I800a submitted
5/19/12 Home Study Arrived!
5/14/12 Home Study Approved
4/9/12 Skype with Levi 1st time
4/7/12 Final home study visit
4/6/12 Mailed dossier to AGCI
3/31/12 New Day told Levi he had a family!
3/30/12 State certifications done
3/28/12 First home study visit
3/27/12 County certifications done
3/24/12 Last of home study documents mailed! Amazed we did this in 2 weeks!
3/23/12 Mark's medical
3/21/12 Kris' medical
3/19/12 Mark's psych eval
3/16/12 Finish workbook/Fire Inspection
3/15/12 FBI/BCI Fingerprinting/Kris' psych eval
3/13/12 Sent Levi a care package.
3/9/12 Start educational workbook
3/8/12 Half of home study documents mailed in
3/6/12 Home study binder arrives.
3/3/12 finished online education courses
3/2/12 PA came from China! Only took 1 week!
2/24/12 PA sent to China
2/23/12 PA documents finished! Levi's file locked!
2/22/12 Begin paper chase for our PA
2/21/12 Emily called for an hour interview. She called back that afternoon...LEVI IS OURS!!
2/20/12 Erin called to say all other familes pulled out and may the director call you tomorrow for an interview!!
2/10/12 Denied again. Four other families interested with the twinning issue.
2/8/12 Prayed about adoption and kept hearing, "He's Yours."
2/7/12 AGCI denied us the referral due to artificial twinning issue. We write a letter to appeal.
2/6/12 Called AGCI to commit to Levi and fill out application.
2/3/12 Found out Meredith lived with Levi last summer. Emailed Mark who said, "What do we have to do?"
2/2/12 Met Meredith, whose family is adopting Levi's best friend with the same heart condition.
1/31/12 Found out he was at New Day Foster Home.
1/25/12 Went back to check on Levi's status and saw an updated photo of Levi. Recontacted agency.
12/09/11 Saw Levi for the first time and fell in love. Requested his file but saw the serious heart condition and set file aside.