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Someone else could probably give you better advise, but I believe if they can prove that their parents or grandparents were born in China, then they would get expedited referrals. However, heritage itself is not necessarily valid for expedited referrals. Your friends mother or grandparents has to be FROM China and has to be able to prove they were born in China, to qualify them for an expedited referral. If the grandparents came to the US illegally, or if they were from rural areas where there was no proof of birth, it can be difficult to submit valid paper work, even if the criteria is met.
Currently, I think the wait from DTC to referral (the wait time from submitting the application to getting a referral) for expedited referrals, is about a year and a half. So it's still a long wait. And that has potential for the wait time to go up in conjunction with the regular referrals. Traditionally though, the wait is about half as long as regular referrals.
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11/25/04 Decision to adopt our first daughter
03/14/05 LID for our first daughter
01/29/06 Referral for our first daughter
(total time from LID to referral-10.5 months)
03/20/06 Our first daughter in our arms
12/12/06 Decision to adopt again
04/14/07 LID for our second daughter
04/14/08 ONE year waiting
09/1/08 Re-submitted paperwork before it expired
04/14/09 TWO years waiting
04/27/09 Out of review room 
06/14/09 Fingerprinted again, before they expired
Still waiting...
How long is forever? -379 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is!
We've been waiting 32 months since our Log-In-Date with China
Last edited by KarenInCa : 06-28-2008 at 03:04 PM.
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