Travel Intinerary

This week has been very busy arranging all the travel plans for our trip to China.  Here is a general outline of our trip:

• 8/25/12 - travel to Beijing
• 8/27/12 - 8/29/12 - travel to Xi'an for a couple of days.
• 8/30/12 - return to Beijing and meet up with our adoption travel group
• 8/31/12 - 9/1/12 - tour Beijing with travel group
• 9/2/12 - fly to Zhengzhou (provincial capital of Henan)
• 9/3/12 - "GOTCHA" Day when we meet Maddison
• 9/12/12 - Consulate Appointment in Guangzhou
• 9/13/12 - receive Maddison's visa, travel to Hong Kong
• 9/14/12 - tour Hong Kong
• 9/15/12 - fly home

So here's the list from a previous post that I promised I'd update.....

• Receive LOA (DONE!)
• Send I-800 application to USCIS (asking US immigration for permission to adopt the child we were specifically matched with)  (DONE!)
• USCIS forwards our approval to the National Visa Center (NVC) to petition visa (DONE!)
• The NVC forwards the approved visa petition to the US Consulate in Guangzhou China  (DONE!)
• The Consulate reviews the visa application (the DS-230), makes sure it meets the qualifications for an immigrant visa, and then signs off that everything is in order for the adoption to be completed. (DONE!)
• The approval is forwarded to the CCCWA, which issues our Travel Approval (TA)! (DONE!)

Exactly 1 month from today we will have Maddison in our arms!  Hard to believe we are this close.