The China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA), is responsible for the adoption process in China. They are the ones who match prospective adoptive parents with children(make a
referral), validate all of the documents, and make sure the law is being followed. According to the CCAA the current wait for a referral, after the dossier has been translated and arrives in their office, is about fifteen months. After the acceptance of the referral an adoption date is set. This is approximately another 1 to 2 month wait. At this time a group of adoptive parents travel to China to meet their children.
While you wait for your referral you can also start Preparing to Parent the Internationally Adopted Child
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