Abbreviations
CA = Consulate Appointment
CAWLI = China Adoption With Love, Inc. (Our agency)
CCAA = China Center of Adoption Affairs
DTC = Doccier sent to China
LID = Log in Date (When we entered into China's adoption system.)
PTAG = Parents Travel Advisory Group
TA = Travel Approval
USCIS = US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Terms
Doccier - All the documents collected for international adoption: our autobiographies, homestudy, personal references, medical reports, criminal history checks, fingerprints, etc.
Referral - A baby matched to a waiting family. When a referral comes for us, our agency will call us & make an appointment for us to come to their office within the next 48 hours. At that appointment, we will be given a picture of our baby, her medical history, her age & approximate date of birth, and her height & weight.
Waiting Family - A couple, with or without children, or a single person who is DTC & LID.
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