AAI - Adoption Associates, Inc. This is our adoption agency.
CCAA - China Center of Adoption Affairs. This is the government agency in charge of all things adoption in China, from checking your paperwork to matching you with your child.
Dossier - The set of documents that represents the adoptive family. It includes the medical reports, birth certificates, employment verification letter, police clearances, financial statement, home study, etc.
DTC - Dossier to China. This is the milestone day when your completed dossier gets mailed to China by your agency.
LID - Log in Date. This is the official date that your dossier is logged into the CCAA. Your referral wait officially starts from now.
Referral - Notification from the CCAA that they have matched a family with a child. Referral information usually includes the child's Chinese name, date of birth, height/weight, a medical report, one or more photographs, and a few notes about the child's nature.
SWI - Social Welfare Institutes, which are like orphanages.
TA - Travel Approval. This is the notice received when China gives the family approval to travel to China to bring home their child. Once your agency receives this, they can schedule your visa appointment at the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou.
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