China Program :: Building Your Dossier

Your Dossier is the “story of you” told through all the documents, background clearances, verifications, references and pictures you have sent New Life, along with your home study which explains who you are as individuals, as a couple and as parents. Your home study also recommends you for an international adoption. Your dossier must accurately represent you as an adoptive parent to the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA); it is used to match you with your child. It is critical that there be no mistakes, no miss information or missed information; that is why New Life will build your dossier for you.

NEW LIFE WILL:

• Carefully review your paperwork to make sure it meets China's requirements
• Authenticate all of your paperwork
• Build your Dossier per China's stipulations and complete a quality control check
• Through International Express Mail Ship and Track your Dossier to China

New Life has never had a qualified family’s dossier rejected by CCAA. One reason dossiers are returned is that they are not properly completed, and that causes delays which could require you redoing documents at an additional expense. We understand the need for your dossier to be done right the first time, and submitted to China in a timely manner. You can rely on us to build your dossier in a professional manner that will meet China’s requirements.

New Life will make sure all the documents in your dossier are properly completed, current, certified and authenticated. New Life begins building your dossier from the submission of your Adoption Application until we receive your I171H from USCIS that approves you for an international adoption. We will also have your I171H authenticated by the Chinese Consulate. We will review your dossier carefully as a team to ensure that every item on our quality control check list has been completed.

Once your dossier is prepared New Life will write the necessary agency recommendation as an attachment and send it to CCAA via international express mail service. We will track the shipment until we have confirmation of delivery. Our Agency representative in China will be notified, and will contact CCAA on behalf of you and the agency. You will receive a letter from us letting you know the date your Dossier was logged in at CCAA. That date is important as it confirms you have officially entered CCAA’s review process, and it begins your Waiting Period.