So What Happens Next?

The way things go from now is this:

Child Proposal: The next step is waiting for a child proposal. That is when your name hits the top of the waiting pile for your specific age request and the matching child(ren) enter(s) the orphanage. What generally happens is that the children go to the little orphange that our agency deals with. They go there for only a few hours, to be checked in and then a few hours later they are transported over to the Transition Home, which is modeled after a North American home, so that the children can begin their adjustment towards the lifestyle that they will eventually be immersed in.

How long the child proposal takes all depends on the age you are asking for. Because our referral is open to two girls age 0-48 months and 0-7 years, we fall into two different catagories.

The first catagory is Siblings or twins under 3 years of age. These proposals take from 6-10 months. The second catagory we are in is the Siblings or twins over 3 years of age. These proposals take from 2-6 months.

After the proposal we then have to wait 2-3 months for the Court Date.

Then the powers that be have to issue the Passport and Birth Certificate. Not sure how long this takes.

From there it is waiting for the Medical/Permanet Resident Visa - about 4 months. This is going to change when Bill C-14 comes into effect. Then it won't be the Medical/PR Visa we are waiting for - it will be something else. I am not yet sure how to explain it.

Overall, once the child proposal has been given to us, we can expect 6-8 months til travel. So we are praying that we get a quick child proposal, and then that the new rules will make things quicker, also.