We have LID. What exactly does that mean? That means that all of the paperwork that China needs to formally approve us as Kyle's parents has been received and recorded by China.
Our dossier (fancy name for collection of documents) was sent to China on 4/8/2013. This is the collection of papers we've been working on since we made the decision to add Kyle to our family right after the first of the year. We were able to get this together in relatively short order since most of it is the same dossier that was used for Zack's adoption.
We had to have an updated social worker's report and an updated approval from the Department of Homeland Security, which took us from mid-January to early April to gather and authenticate. All documents sent have to be authenticated by the Chinese Consulate and the Secretary of State, which is time consuming and expensive.
All things considered, we've had a relatively seamless process...so far. So what now? We wait for China to issue us a "Letter Seeking Confirmation" or, as it's known in adoption circles as "Letter of Approval or LOA"...don't ask me why. This stage of the process took us 62 days last year, from LID to LOA. The forums I've been following now are showing a little bit of a faster trend at this time. There have been more than a few families who have gotten their LOAs in the thirty-ish day range.
So...next step is the LSC/LOA. After that, another round of Homeland Security approval. We're still well on track for summer travel to China and we're cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to be home with Kyle before our one-year "Gotcha Day" anniversary for Zack. Any wrinkle, snag, or unexplained wait at any of the other wickets that we still have to get through could delay us, though.
Keep your fingers crossed, keep us in your thoughts & prayers, wish us good vibes & good karma...whatever is your thing, we appreciate you thinking of us.
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