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On December 20th, Our CCAI guide Jocelyn took the Visa paperwork for all of the babies in our group to the US Consulate and reviewed it with a representative there. The reason that we have to stay in Guangzhou for a week is to have the final part of the adoption process completed - Caroline's Visa. The Visa that she will receive will allow her into the US and thus to become a US Citizen once we land in Los Angeles. All the families were instructed to wait in their hotel rooms that morning until we received a call from Jocelyn that the Visa paperwork was in order and that there were no problems.
We received a call from Jocelyn just before noon and Sean answered the phone. I was expecting it to be a very short phone call in which Jocelyn would say all was "good to go!" Instead, she informed us that the US Consulate in Guangzhou had never received our new Homestudy completed after our move to California. The US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) is responsible for sending this document to China and we had received notification that it had been sent. This sent us into a slight tailspin as the bottom line was...the US Consulate did not have it and it is a critical document. Although it was not a required document to bring to China, I did bring a copy of the Homestudy...just in case and Jocelyn was able to get it over to the US Consulate so that the Visa paperwork was complete and in order. Whew...crisis averted!!!
That afternoon, we took our lives into our hands as we jumped into a Taxi with the Borgesons to head to the Pearl Market in the downtown area of Guangzhou. Jocelyn gave us a hand written note (in Cantonese) instructing the driver where to take us. The Taxi driver's drive like crazy people. I am serious...I had to keep myself from looking at the road in front of us. To make matters even more scary...they do not have car seats for children at all so Abby and Caroline were perched on my and Sara's laps.
Guangzhou is a city of 10 million people and it was bustling when we got out of the cab in the area of the Pearl Market. Jocelyn warned us about pick pockets as it is so crowded along the streets there. Interestingly enough...although we were in the heart of a very metropolitan area, I saw people carrying baskets of fruits and grains over their shoulders (see pictures.) It was a very strange juxtaposition of the economic boom going on in China and the still very rural and old fashion way of life.
I am so sorry that it has been so long since I posted! WOW! Being a Mom keeps me really busy and it has been so hard to find time to get on the computer. I am going to play catch up today by posting the rest of our China trip pics and then I will start posting Christmas pictures and day to day Caroline pics. She is doing great and is as adorable as ever. We absolutely love her to pieces!
On December 20th, Our CCAI guide Jocelyn took the Visa paperwork for all of the babies in our group to the US Consulate and reviewed it with a representative there. The reason that we have to stay in Guangzhou for a week is to have the final part of the adoption process completed - Caroline's Visa. The Visa that she will receive will allow her into the US and thus to become a US Citizen once we land in Los Angeles. All the families were instructed to wait in their hotel rooms that morning until we received a call from Jocelyn that the Visa paperwork was in order and that there were no problems.
We received a call from Jocelyn just before noon and Sean answered the phone. I was expecting it to be a very short phone call in which Jocelyn would say all was "good to go!" Instead, she informed us that the US Consulate in Guangzhou had never received our new Homestudy completed after our move to California. The US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) is responsible for sending this document to China and we had received notification that it had been sent. This sent us into a slight tailspin as the bottom line was...the US Consulate did not have it and it is a critical document. Although it was not a required document to bring to China, I did bring a copy of the Homestudy...just in case and Jocelyn was able to get it over to the US Consulate so that the Visa paperwork was complete and in order. Whew...crisis averted!!!
That afternoon, we took our lives into our hands as we jumped into a Taxi with the Borgesons to head to the Pearl Market in the downtown area of Guangzhou. Jocelyn gave us a hand written note (in Cantonese) instructing the driver where to take us. The Taxi driver's drive like crazy people. I am serious...I had to keep myself from looking at the road in front of us. To make matters even more scary...they do not have car seats for children at all so Abby and Caroline were perched on my and Sara's laps.
Guangzhou is a city of 10 million people and it was bustling when we got out of the cab in the area of the Pearl Market. Jocelyn warned us about pick pockets as it is so crowded along the streets there. Interestingly enough...although we were in the heart of a very metropolitan area, I saw people carrying baskets of fruits and grains over their shoulders (see pictures.) It was a very strange juxtaposition of the economic boom going on in China and the still very rural and old fashion way of life.
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