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After receiving a referral of a child, how long does it take to leave for China? About 6-8 weeks. How long is the trip? Approximately 12 - 16 days. The families travel in a group to Beijing, where there is much sightseeing to be done. (This part of the trip can be skipped if desired.) From Beijing families then travel to the local city where the child is from, Guangzhou, and then Hong Kong. Does the agency make the travel arrangements? Yes. However, feel free to make your own international arrangements. How many, and what type of gifts are recommended to bring? 4 - 5 small American-made items are recommended to bring per family. $5 - $10 per piece is enough to spend for the men and women. Some suggestions are ties, face and hand creams, lipsticks, t-shirts and travel books.
You should also bring one small bag of donations for the children in the local orphanage. New clothes, blankets and stuffed animals are preferred. How much money should we bring to China? It will cost approximately $4500 American for the adoption expenses in China. (For more information on costs, please see the "General Information" section of this site.) You should bring clean, crisp $100 bills for this purpose. For personal expenses, about $500 American is recommended.
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Our agency submitted our application for the accreditation right after the form became available and became Hague Accredited in 2007. High service is our agency’s goal since we started the agency. We passed the COA accreditation in 2003 and Lillian, our director, is a COA peer reviewer. We think the Hague Convention is important and we are fully ready for Hague accreditation. While there is a cost associated with the Hague accreditation, our agency is determined not to raise our adoption fees. We take pride in our responsible financial management style and we will continue our practice of efficiency and effectiveness. Our program has the lowest total cost in the country since we started and we are committed to stay with the course for future.
