Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Changing country meeting

I've just had an email inviting me and Mr Messy to our LA Offices, to discuss with Team Leader and Sessional Social Worker our wish to change to an Ethiopian adoption application. The meeting isn't until the 19th May!!! That will be over ten weeks since we first contacted them and said we wished to change country!! Other families (UK families) have managed to go from first contact to panel, in 12 weeks - I know our LA are slow, but this is RIDICULOUS!!!!! Aaaaaaaaargh!!!! That was supposed to make me feel better, but it didn't!!!!!
UPDATE: After sending a grovelling email to Team Leader, and making up some cock and bull story about Mr Messy wanting to book holidays, we have now been offered a meeting on 28th April (which is a whopping THREE weeks earlier). I'm just waiting to hear from our sw to see if she can make that meeting. Fingers crossed that she can!!
MORE UPDATES: YES YES YES our sw can make the meeting on 28th April. Its not a huge change really, but at least its a change in the right direction, we'll be seeing them and starting the official changeover SOONER :-)

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OUR ETHIOPIAN ADOPTION TIMELINE


25th May 2009 - See New Child again & Court Date

23rd May 2009 - Fly back to Ethiopia

26th March 2009 - Fly to Ethiopia :-)

3rd March 2009 - Dossier Arrived at Orphanage

26th February 2009 - Dossier sent to Ethiopia

22nd December 2008 - Dossier back at DCSF

28th November 2008 - Certificate of Eligibility ISSUED

6th October 2008 - PASSED Approval Panel

7th July 2008 - Homestudy Update Started

28th Feb 2008 - Told LA we wished to change country

OUR CHINA ADOPTION TIMELINE

Formally withdrew from the China Adoption Programme 17th July 2008

LID (Logged in Date) with CCAA 16th August 2007

Documents to China 10th August 2007

Passed Approval Panel 5th March 2007

Homestudy started 6th June 2006

First Contact with our LA 1st Jan 2006