CHI to Holt Transfer

I got the I-171H form copied and notarized today. We have to take the original to China with us.

We also received an email from CHI today explaining the details of our tranfer to Holt International. When our dossier is ready to be submitted, we will send it along with the fees required plus the small additional amount for the transfer to Holt. We also have to fill out a Holt application and a release for CHI. We will also receive next week a form for our caseworker to fill out and another agreement for Holt that we have to sign.

Otherwise, that's it. Our fees that we have to pay won't increase (unless the CCAA increases their in-China fees which would obviously be passed on to us).

Once our dossier is submitted to China by Holt, we will be a Holt family and complete our adoption through Holt. Holt International is a well-established international agency and I have no qualms about completing our adoption through them. It will be nice to get acquainted with them as we wait for our referral.

I also had a talk with another CHI person today and she explained in detail all they are going through. They are frustrated and disappointed in the whole thing as much as the families are. They are getting very little information from the Hague and the US government so they are trying to figure things out on their own and get them corrected. CHI is not giving up on trying to get Hague accredited. They will even try in a few weeks to request another review and see if they get one or have to wait a year to request again. I asked about possibly waiting till then to see if they might get approved but she said that we are SO CLOSE that waiting might not be in our best interest. We might be waiting for nothing if they don't get the review and would have to tranfer anyway.

More tomorrow...