Bad News and Possible Delays...

Below are postings from the Rumor Queen website - we hope to know more after the long holiday weekend (Chinese Holiday).

Bad News
April 29th, 2009

A few European agencies are reporting they have news that the CCAA is not sending referrals at this time due to the swine flu outbreak. They may revisit things in 20-30 days to see if the swine flu cases have leveled off.

CCAA Notice
April 30th, 2009

The CCAA has posted a notice on their site. It can be found here.

As usual, it’s a contradiction.

In one place it says, “Adoption agencies are required to counsel the adoptive parents who have received Notice of Coming to China for Adoption to postpone their trip to China for the registration procedure. “.

But then later it says that when you come you should follow “the arrangement of local registration authorities and cooperate during the entrustment of child for the harmony period and the adoption registration process“.

And then it says, “If adoptive parents feel unwell during their stay in China for the registration procedure, they shall go to the hospital for medical checkup in time and report to CCAA about relevant situation“.

So, I think they are saying, “We’d rather you didn’t come, and if you want to wait that’s fine, we’re extending the TA’s expiration by two months so feel free to wait. But, if you do decide to come anyway, follow safety instructions and by all means get to a doctor if you feel sick.”