The China Center for Adoption Affairs, which is the agency that handles all international adoptions from China, has just sent out referrals (which is the name, date of birth, picture, location, and health history for the child chosen for your family) for families registered with their agency through May 30th, 2005. Our log in date (LID) is October 10, 2005. I really do not know what to say about the wait at this point. When we initially started our adoption process in February of 2005, the wait was 5-6 months from the time China logged in your paperwork. Currently the wait time is 10 months, but is on the rise...and a very quick rise at that. There is a lot of speculation as to why, but the truth is that we do not know. We trust that God is in charge, and that nothing happens that is a surprise to Him; however, this is a surprise to us. We cannot even begin to guess as to when we will receive our Hannah's information. Could the CCAA speed up their referrals? Absolutely. Could they continue to slow down? Absolutely.
Some background: The CCAA usually sends out referrals once a month. In the past, they have usually sent out about a months worth of referrals each month, keeping the wait time consistent. The past couple of months, they sent out only 2 weeks worth of referrals each month. In March, they only sent out 3 days worth of referrals. Referrals usually come at the end of the month, so April's referrals will most likely come at the end of April, around the 25th. This is not a hard and fast rule and has been subject to much fluctuation in the past.
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