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China Corner
China 2009


CCAA has finished the review of dossiers logged-in up to July 31, 2009. CCAA has matched referrals for families logged-in up to May 10, 2006.

Three families returned home in March 2010. Four families will be traveling around June 2010. Five more families will be traveling in August 2010. We are now awaiting referrals for our May 18, 2006 LID families.

Visit some blogs of family trips to China:

Journey to Charlie

Sarah's Story

Journey to Jenny

Caroline Mei
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Tianna Rose

Ava Belle


If you are interested in being considered for a waiting child from China, please contact our office. We are currently waiting for NSN referrals for our April 4, 2006 LID families.

Fee Increases
As of Jan. 1, 2009, the orphanage donation fee in China will be raised from $3,000 USD to 35,000 RMB (approximately $5,100 USD).

The CCAA dossier application and translation fee has been raised from $960 to $1,050 for all dossiers sent to CCAA from June 1, 2008.

Visa application fees for entry into China have are now $150 per application.

I-600-A and I-800-A Extensions
Please contact this office as soon as possible if your I-600-A or I-800-A approvals will expire within the next three or four months to get started on renewal.
Host Exchange Students from China
Forte International Exchange Assoc. currently has students waiting to be placed in US homes. Click here to read more (PDF file)

Homestudy Services

New Beginnings also offers homestudy and post-adoption services to families working with a separate placing agency. Homestudy services are, of course, much more than merely the preparation of a homestudy report. The homestudy process also entails obtaining the necessary clearances, approvals and supporting paperwork that often comprise parts of the completed dossier going to the foreign country. Post-adoption services are also a necessary part of most international adoptions, as are pre and post adoption workshops and support services. As your homestudy agency, we would develop a cooperative relationship with the placing agency that would include sharing of documentation so that we can reduce redundancy of paperwork for you. Ultimately, the homestudy agency must vouch for the applicant and the adoption.

For families considering a Russian adoption, New Beginnings has an established relationship with Carolina Adoption Services for the program. This will allow the coordination of the process to be smoother and quicker.

Some families doing a Direct Adoption or a Named Child Adoption may only need a homestudy report completed. If there is no placing agency and all that is needed is a homestudy report and the requirements that entails, New Beginnings can do this as well.

Fees for Homestudy and Post-Adoption/Post-Placement services vary according to which Placement Agency you are working with and in which country.

Click here for our Homestudy Cost Summary