TA received, ACS appointments confirmed, travel dates confirmed...

The Travel Approvals were received from CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) on February 20, 2009. This means the agency (CHI) can now request an appointment at the American Consulate in Guangzhou where we get Maelyne's visa, do her medical and oath taking. It should take a few days.
On February 23, 2009, we received an e-mail from Karolyn of CHI saying that our ACS appointment date has been confirmed as well as our travel dates. However, we have a problem with our I600A/Visas 37 document. This document is necessary so ACS can issue Maelyne's visa to come to the US. We called the local office but we could not get hold of anyone so Henry drove to the downtown office on Tuesday the 24th to talk personally to the CIS officer. Apparently, the updated one was not cabled to the National Visa Processing Center. So, the CIS officer re-cabled the updated document and sent an e-mail to the NVPC to expedite the process. It will take a few days to complete the process we were told. We are hoping there will be a confirmation by Friday so we can relax.
In the meantime, CHI advised us it is safe to make flight plans now. So, we contacted Lotus Travel agency to make flight inquiries. Maricel Climacosa, the travel advisor who is based in Guangzhou, China but main office is in Bellevue, WA, gave us some options to look at. After several e-mails, few phone calls, we decided we will fly China Southern on coach class going to China and premium class coming back to the US. Our reservations are confirmed today and our e-tickets for Mom, Dad and Maelyne are available tomorrow.

Hang on Maelyne... just 24 more days and we will be united as family.
Now, get those suitcases packed....