9/8/2003	My dossier is received in China. The CCAA sends it out to be translated.
	9/9/2003	DTC!! -- My dossier is officially logged into CCAA, and I can now say I am DTC, dossier-to-China.
	9/2003 - 7/2004	Wait, wait, wait. The CCAA processes dossiers a month at a time -- so most everyone who is DTC in September 2003 will be processed together, some may get processed a month earlier and some a month later, but most will be processed together (you can check out some of us in this collection of people on the Sept2003DTC email group web page). Below is a chart showing when all the DTC months before me have been processed. There is only one more group before mine, as we all expect the rest of July and August to come together in April!
		DTC Month Fastest Possibility Longest Possibility Actual Month of Referral September 2003 May 2004 July 2004   August 2003 April 2004 June 2004   July 21-31, 2003 April 2004 May 2004   July 1-21, 2003 -- -- March 2004 June 2003 -- -- March 2004 May 2003 -- -- January 2004 April 2003 -- -- January 2004 March 2003 -- -- November 2003 February 2003 -- -- November 2003 January 2003 -- -- October 2003 December 2002 -- -- October 2003 November 2002 -- -- September 2003 October 2002 -- -- August & September 2003
		If you are interested in detailed statistics on referral dates and wait times, see Ralph Stirlings China Adoption Referral and Age Statistics web pages.
	~ 6/2004	Receive and accept the referral for my daughter -- it will include several photos.
	~ 7-8/2004	I travel to the People's Republic of China and pick up my daughter. In China, I will do all the Chinese paperwork that will finalize the adoption and then I will do the second half of the BCIS work -- where I ask the BCIS to let me bring my daughter into the US.