Now that I've got that out of the way, we still don't know. We did receive an email from our agency this morning confirming that China has processed up to Oct. 26, and that they are expecting our referral. Since none of this can be done electronically, everything has been sent through International couriers, which normally take 3-7 days. Once our agency receives the information it will take them a minimum of 6 hours to review, copy and scan the referral before they can call us to confirm. This is typically followed by an email with 1 picture and any basic information they have been able to gleen from the documentation - which all needs to be translated yet since it is in Chinese.
The symbols in this posting say "Patience". Something we are starting to understand the true meaning of.