LID

Our agency was notified today by the Chinese Center of Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) that our dossier was logged in today.  In the world of Chinese adoption, this is referred to as LID, and it's a major milestone for adoptive families in the long adoption process. Since our dossier most likely landed on Chinese soil at the start of the week-long Chinese New Year celebrations, I was pleasantly surprised we got our LID just a few days after government offices reopened following the holidays. 

Aside from additional training Chris and I are required by our agency and the Hague Adoption Convention to complete, the next couple months will consist of waiting for a referral.  A referral will most likely occur during the CCCWA's monthly release of profiles of children newly eligible for international adoption.  If we aren't matched that month, we wait for the next month and so on.  Although we are open to adopting a boy and the estimated wait for a referral is one to six months, (compared with 12-18 months for a girl) there are many factors besides gender that make estimates unreliable.