At last! We have received the pdf files from the National Visa Center and forwarded them to our agency. When they get in on Monday (about midnight in China) they will forward them to their representative to hand carry to the American Consulate there, hopefully to arrive on Tuesday.
They tell me it is "always" two weeks to the day that they are to pick up our Article 5. We've heard of others in our online communities taking three or four weeks, and our documents have certainly not been moving at the customary pace lately. We're really hoping that it is an uncomplicated process for this last step with immigrations.
Once our Article 5 is picked up our approval documents are all sent to the CCCWA who is in charge of the orphans. They should issue an invitation to travel 2-3 weeks later. Even though that will be during the big trade fair, we are still hoping to go get our princesses in late April.
