CCCWA: China Center for Children’s Welfare & Adoption (CCCWA), the ultimate Chinese authority for international adoption affairs.
Dossier: A collection of documents, including your home study, that represents you as an adoptive family to the CCCWA.
Home Study: Part of your adoption dossier, this is a document composed by your social worker reporting on various aspects of your family’s life.
I-800A & I-800: Not to be confused with one another, these are two separate sets of immigration documents. The I-800A is submitted to US Immigration during your dossier compilation in order to obtain US Immigration approval for your family to adopt a foreign-born child. The I-800 is child-specific and is submitted AFTER you have been matched AND your dossier has been logged in, at the time you receive your acceptance letter (LOA).
LOA: Formally titled “Letter Seeking Confirmation from Adopter,” this is a document generated by the China Center for Children’s Welfare & Adoption (CCCWA) within a few months after you have accepted a child AND your dossier has been logged in. It is first generated electronically, which CCAI will email to you, and then in official hard-copy form, which CCAI will ship to you for your signature(s). This document represents your formal acceptance of your child match and is necessary to file immigration paperwork that paves the way for US citizenship.
LID: The date your dossier is “logged into” or “checked into” the CCCWA’s computer systems.
Travel Approval (TA): The CCCWA’s formal invitation for the adoptive family to travel to China to complete the adoption.
USCIS: United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, responsible for approving families to adopt children internationally.
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