Once our information has been fully reviewed and a child has been selected for us in the Matching Room, a package of information known as The Referral is created and forwarded to our agency, Children's Bridge. Of course this will be in Chinese and will need to be translated before being sent to us. Children's Bridge will call us as soon as the referral arrives and provide us with the child's name, date of birth, social welfare institute (orphanage) and basic medical information and measurements that they can glean prior to translation. They will also email us photos of our child - yes we will post them. At this time we need to make appointments with our doctor and Adoption Practitioner. Time is critical, and we need to have all reviews and forms completed within 5 working days of receiving our translated referral.
Included with our referral will be additional forms that need to be completed.
- Letter of Seeking Confirmation from Adopter where we confirm that we accept the child that has been referred to us.
- Notice to Director which is completed by us and our adoption practitioner and sent to the provincial ministy who will issue a Notification of Agreement which is forwarded to the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.
- Adoptive Family Background which includes our names and the name we have given the child. This is sent to China and will be used to complete the adoption paperwork.
- Visa Application which is required for each of us and our adopted child.
Once all of this has been submitted to Children's Bridge, translated and sent to China, China will issue us a Notice of Coming. From what we can gather it looks like this should take about 6-8 weeks, from the time Children's Bridge receives the referral until the time we receive the Notice of Coming. During that period we will also confirm our travel dates and travel arrangements. Notice of Coming is the final approval we require prior to travel.
One more step done...travel awaits.