We will be leaving on June 19th at 7:40 am, flying 7295 miles to Shanghai China and then traveling another 293 miles (hopefully by train because it is another 5 hours by car) arriving in Hefei the day before we take custody of Min.
14 days until we travel!
Madilynn Min McClurg
Travel Date!
We take custody of Madilynn Min McClurg June 22, 2015. We have not confirmed the date that we will leave for China but the estimated date is June 19. This will give us one full day (China is 12 hours ahead of us) to get caught up on sleep and settle in before we take custody of Min. Our US Consulate date is July 2, 2015 and then we are on our way home! I will try to keep updated on the blog if possible, last adoption from China I was not able to access the blog.
The best July 4th gift ever!
The best July 4th gift ever!
Article 5
Our Article 5 has been completed and sent to the CCCWA for our Approval to Travel. With our Approval to Travel we can contact the Visa Department to schedule our appointment. This will be the last thing we do before we come home from China with Min so our travel date will be 2 weeks prior to this appointment!
Denise from Theres Always Hope picked up our Visas today and will be sending them to us. Travel is getting so close!
Please pray for Min to have an easy transition and find moments of happiness during this very confusing time of adjustment for her.
Thank you to all who have helped us through this process. To be honest, the process has just began. Min will now become part of our family and adjust to a new language and culture. That will be another long journey for her.
Denise from Theres Always Hope picked up our Visas today and will be sending them to us. Travel is getting so close!
Please pray for Min to have an easy transition and find moments of happiness during this very confusing time of adjustment for her.
Thank you to all who have helped us through this process. To be honest, the process has just began. Min will now become part of our family and adjust to a new language and culture. That will be another long journey for her.
Letter from NVC
We received our letter from the National Visa Center stating they
recently received our approved I-800 petition for MIN, YING YAN and sent our case to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in China where the adoption interview will take place.We then filed our DS-260 and will wait for our Article 5. This usually takes 10 days. After that we will receive our Travel Notice.
New Estimated time ...June 6 for travel date and June 20 to travel.
recently received our approved I-800 petition for MIN, YING YAN and sent our case to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in China where the adoption interview will take place.We then filed our DS-260 and will wait for our Article 5. This usually takes 10 days. After that we will receive our Travel Notice.
New Estimated time ...June 6 for travel date and June 20 to travel.
Provisional Approval Notice
We received our Provisional Approval Notice to classify Min as our immediate relative from the USCIS on Friday May 8, 2015. Time is really moving fast right now. We are so excited and have been shopping and preparing for travel and Min's home coming.
Our new timeline:
Letter from NVC on average 1- 2 weeks puts us at May 20
Article 5 is 10 days bringing us to May 30
Travel Notice 2 weeks after that brings us to June 14.
We will travel (usually) 2 weeks later.
We sent gifts to Min after we received our LOA. Two new outfits, shoes and socks, a phone with songs and games in English, fruit and veggies for the children in her group, and candies for the nannies. We also received and update and Min is growing so much. She is a big girl now, no more baby.
We are going to China to bring home our beautiful daughter very soon!
Our new timeline:
Letter from NVC on average 1- 2 weeks puts us at May 20
Article 5 is 10 days bringing us to May 30
Travel Notice 2 weeks after that brings us to June 14.
We will travel (usually) 2 weeks later.
We sent gifts to Min after we received our LOA. Two new outfits, shoes and socks, a phone with songs and games in English, fruit and veggies for the children in her group, and candies for the nannies. We also received and update and Min is growing so much. She is a big girl now, no more baby.
We are going to China to bring home our beautiful daughter very soon!
Letter Seeking Confirmation
We received our Letter Seeking Confirmation (sometimes called Letter of Approval or LOA) on April 17, 2015. Our I-800 petition to claim Min as our relative was sent to USCIS on April 20, 2015. The average time between the I-800 and the Travel date is 6 to 10 weeks! This puts our travel possibly as soon as July!
We are so excited but now reality is sinking in at how much time we have left before travel and all the things still needed to be done. We have already starting making plans for travel with our travel agent and working on the needed documents for us to travel.
Min will be home before we know it!
We are so excited but now reality is sinking in at how much time we have left before travel and all the things still needed to be done. We have already starting making plans for travel with our travel agent and working on the needed documents for us to travel.
Min will be home before we know it!
Log in Date
We received our log in date on Saturday February 28! The average time from log in date to travel is 4 to 5 months putting our time to travel to bring Min home in July or August!
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