[sak9645]

It seems as if your agency is not communicating well with you, and may have made some errors.

First off, when your paperwork first went to China, your agency should have put you in touch with other members of your dossier/travel group. Most agencies encourage families who will likely be traveling together to get to know each other in advance. You would then know when other members of the group got their referrals (if they did), and would be able to ask your agency why you did not get yours at the same time. China will tell your agency if a referral is not going to be made on schedule.

Second, it appears that your agency sent an incomplete dossier on you. As an example, there is a specific form your doctor must fill out for China. One of the tests on it, which must be reported as positive or negative, is the Hep. B test. If your agency sent the wrong form, and it did not call for the Hep. B test, your dossier would be flagged in the review room at the China Center for Adoption Affairs.

I'm not sure what a Letter of Unemployment is, but if both parents don't work, yet have more than enough income from investments, the homestudy would need to cover this, and the financial statement sent to China would also document this. If it did not do so adequately, your dossier would also be flagged in the review room.

If the agency sends an incomplete dossier on a person, it is quite likely that a person's paperwork would actually be "kicked out" of the dossier group in the China Center for Adoption Affairs review room, and set aside until all items are in. If, indeed, China told your agency that your dossier was incomplete and that you were being kicked out of your dossier group, you should have been informed.

And once the new paperwork was sent, your agency should have checked with China to see whether you were going to be given a referral with your original group, separately from any other group submitted by your agency, or with a later group.

You need to call your agency, and ask to speak to the Executive Director. Tell him/her that you are concerned because your dossier group all got referrals and you didn't. Ask what the CCAA said when it asked for the financial and medical information. As an example, did it say you would get a referral with your group if the information came in promptly? Did it say you would get a referral separately from any group? Did it say that you would get a referral with another group of dossiers sent by your agency? Did it say there was a chance that you would not get a referral at all?

You deserve to know what is going on, and your agency should be able to tell you. If it doesn't know, it should ask its contact person at the CCAA.

Sharon