Our I-800 received its final approval in Chicago on the 24th, and was received in D.C. by the NVC this morning. They told Roger that it would take 2-4 weeks to wire to Guangzhou (the next step), but the average wait time on the Rumor Queen chart is 6 days. I'm sure that it will be longer than that due to the holiday weekend, but hopefully within 10 days it will be wired. In Guangzhou, it will meet up with our visa request and other paperwork at the Chinese Consulate's office, at which point we will receive something called an "Article 5" approval. That document will continue onto Beijing, and wait to be granted our travel approval.
We are still uncertain about taking Emma with us, although she is unaware of our struggle right now. My family, and Roger's family, have graciously offered to help with her if we decide to leave her behind. Truthfully, it may greatly depend upon finances right now, and not the H1N1 situation. RQ has estimated 3 % of adoption families actually being quarantined over the past 3 weeks. That figure doesn't seem that imposing to us.
We would LOVE to still travel before Emma goes to kindergarten, but that is HIGHLY unlikely. We're still thinking end of August, first of September.
Pray on, prayer warriors! And thank you so much!!
K
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