ITINERARY

ITINERARY

Thursday, February 22, 2007-Saturday, February 24, 2007
Depart Portland on United Airlines flight 5363 at 6:26am (please arrive at the airport 2.5 hours prior to your departure) and arrive in Chicago at 8:12am. Depart Chicago on United Airlines flight 829 at 10:13am and arrive in Hong Kong at 3:50pm on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Hotel: Marco Polo Hotel Prince
Address: 67 Nathan Rd.
Harbour City, Kowloon Phone#: 011-852- 2113-1888Fax#: 011-852-2113-0066

Saturday, February 24, 2007
Sightseeing is optional. Barbara will arrange for this for the group. I would highly recommend you take the tram up to Victoria Peak. The view is spectacular.

Sunday, February 25, 2007
Depart Hong Kong on China Southern (CZ) flight 3038 at 1:10pm and arrive in Changsha at 2:30pm. Please be at airport 2.5 hours prior to departure as it’s considered an international flight.

Hotel: Dolton Hotel
149 Shaoshan Rd, Changsha, China 41011
Phone: 011-86-731-4168888
Fax: 011-86-731-4160901

Monday, February 26, 2007-Friday, March 2, 2007
You will be united with your child on Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Civil Registration office in Changsha. You will also begin preliminary paperwork and will continue the adoption proceedings the following day, Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the Civil Registration office and Notary office (this is the day your child’s adoption will be finalized in China). The reason why all of the adoption paperwork will not be completed immediately (the day you are united with your child) is to allow all adoptive families a 24 hour bonding/attachment period with their child to ensure they wish to continue to move forward. Please note that within the 24 hour bonding/attachment period, you will be assigned as your child’s guardian, but she will not be legally yours until you have completed the adoption registration paperwork on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

In addition to filling out paperwork at the Civil Registration office and Notary office you will also have individual meetings with the officials, which are seriously nothing to worry about. Once all of the paperwork is completed and the children’s passports are issued (passports will be picked up on Friday, March 2, 2007), then officially, the child is yours. These days will also be spent with some sightseeing tours. You are not required to go to all of them though we strongly recommend going to these as they are the way to take pictures and know what the area is like where your daughter was born and share with her as she gets older.

Saturday, March 3, 2007
Depart Changsha on Hainan Airlines (HU) flight 7230 at 11:55am and arrive in Guangzhou at 1:05pm.

Hotel: White Swan Hotel
Address: 1 Shamian South Street, Guangzhou, China 510133
Phone #: 011‑86‑20‑81886968
Fax #: 011‑86‑20‑81861188

Website: http://www.white-swan-hotel.com/ (Hotel guests can send and receive e-mail at the Business Center. There is a fee for this service but it is significantly cheaper than telephone charges, and it is an excellent way to communicate with friends and family at home.

Sunday, March 4, 2007
Free Day

Monday, March 5, 2007
Early in the morning you will go directly to the photo shop for your child’s visa pictures. Aina and the MAPS group leader will accompany you to the photo shop, which is directly across the street from the White Swan hotel. Then you will walk to the medical facility. Your child’s visa medical will occur at the medical center. The Chinese personnel do these medicals. They are very cursory exams. Once the review is over, you will be receiving an envelope that has the necessary paperwork inside which Aina will pick up in the late afternoon on that same day and give to you.

On Monday evening, the MAPS Group Leader and Aina will have a meeting to go over all of the visa paperwork (please note that the MAPS Group Leader and Aina may choose to conduct this meeting on an alternate date; they’ll use their discretion). Please note that only ONE parent is required to attend the visa meeting.

Tuesday, March 6, 2006
Visa Appointment: American Consulate at 10:00am on March 6th.
Step One of the visa process: During the morning of Tuesday, March 6, 2007, the MAPS Group Leader and Aina will collect from you your child’s Chinese passport and your paperwork, which you organized and put into a clear plastic envelope during your visa paperwork meeting with them. The MAPS Group Leader and Aina will then hand-deliver your child’s passport and the documents required for obtaining your child’s visa to the Consulate at 10:00am (as per the Consulate’s request) in order to submit your documentation. You do not actually go to the Consulate at this time with Aina at 10:00am. While the MAPS Group Leader and Aina are at you appointment, we would ask at least for one parent to stay in their hotel room just in case the MAPS Group Leader or Aina needs to reach you to obtain additional information per the request of the Consulate. As soon as they return to the hotel, they will let you know.

Start packing for home!!!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Step Two of the visa process: Aina, the MAPS group leader and your travel group along with the babies will head to the Consulate (Consulate is at a new location) as well as many other agencies families to take a group oath and pick up the children’s immigrant visas. You will also receive your child’s Chinese passport back. This event will take place at 4:00pm.


Thursday, March 8, 2007
Depart Guangzhou on China Air (CA) flight 1352 at 11:55am (please arrive at airport 3 hours prior to your departure – when check-in request for your luggage to be checked through all the way to Chicago if possible) and arrive in Beijing at 2:55pm. Depart Beijing on United flight 850 at 5:25pm and arrive in Chicago (first port of entry in the US) at 4:05pm. When you arrive at the Chicago airport, you will relinquish your child’s visa (a large manila envelope) to the Chicago Immigration and not receive it back. Additionally, they will stamp her Chinese passport and hand it right back to you. Don’t forget you will be arriving in the United States on the same day that you leave China due to the changes in times and zones. Depart Chicago on United Airlines flight 5392 at 7:20pm and arrive in Portland at 10:36pm.



CHINA CONTACT INFORMATION

IMPORTANT ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Aina Ling and Chen Baoshu (MAPS Chinese Coordinators)
# 361, Xian Yue Avenue
Xiamen, China 361012.
Tel & Fax: 011-86-592-5129361

American Consulate in Guangzhou, China
011-86-20-8121-8000

Kimberly Nute
Home: 603-742-5449
Work: 207-775-4101
Home email: kfulhan@yahoo.com